χλωρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Related to χλοερός (khloerós, “verdant”) and χλόη (khlóē, “the green of new growth”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰlɔː.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰloˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xloˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xloˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xloˈros/

Adjective

χλωρός • (khlōrós) m (feminine χλωρᾱ́, neuter χλωρόν); first/second declension

The part of the spectrum from bright green to yellow: the color of new growth on plants or honey
pale
fresh, verdant, unripe
youthful

Inflection

First and second declension of χλωρός; χλωρᾱ́; χλωρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	χλωρός khlōrós	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωροί khlōroí	χλωραί khlōraí	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Genitive	χλωροῦ khlōroû	χλωρᾶς khlōrâs	χλωροῦ khlōroû	χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωραῖν khlōraîn	χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωρῶν khlōrôn	χλωρών khlōrṓn	χλωρῶν khlōrôn
Dative	χλωρῷ khlōrôi	χλωρᾷ khlōrâi	χλωρῷ khlōrôi	χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωραῖν khlōraîn	χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωροῖς khlōroîs	χλωραῖς khlōraîs	χλωροῖς khlōroîs
Accusative	χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρᾱ́ν khlōrā́n	χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρούς khlōroús	χλωρᾱ́ς khlōrā́s	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Vocative	χλωρέ khlōré	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωροί khlōroí	χλωραί khlōraí	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	χλωρῶς khlōrôs			χλωρότερος khlōróteros			χλωρότᾰτος khlōrótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἔγχλωρος (énkhlōros)
μελάγχλωρος (melánkhlōros)
μελανόχλωρος (melanókhlōros)
μελίχλωρος (melíkhlōros)
ὑπόχλωρος (hupókhlōros)
χλωρεύς (khlōreús)
χλωράζω (khlōrázō)
χλωρίζω (khlōrízō)
χλωρότης (khlōrótēs)

References

χλωρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
χλωρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
χλωρός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
χλωρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
χλωρός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G5515 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blooming idem, page 85.
- colourless idem, page 144.
- flower idem, page 329.
- fresh idem, page 344.
- grass-green idem, page 370.
- grassy idem, page 370.
- green idem, page 372.
- hale idem, page 381.
- hearty idem, page 392.
- pale idem, page 589.
- prime idem, page 640.
- sallow idem, page 732.
- verdant idem, page 948.
- vigorous idem, page 952.
- wan idem, page 961.
- white idem, page 977.
- yellow idem, page 995.
- young idem, page 997.
- youthful idem, page 997.
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Greek

Adjective

χλωρός • (chlorós) m (feminine χλωρή, neuter χλωρό)

(color) green (especially plant, grass, etc)
fresh

Declension

positive forms of χλωρός

number case / gender	singular			plural
number case / gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	χλωρός	χλωρή	χλωρό	χλωροί	χλωρές	χλωρά
genitive	χλωρού	χλωρής	χλωρού	χλωρών	χλωρών	χλωρών
accusative	χλωρό	χλωρή	χλωρό	χλωρούς	χλωρές	χλωρά
vocative	χλωρέ	χλωρή	χλωρό	χλωροί	χλωρές	χλωρά
derivations	comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο χλωρός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο χλωρός (o pio chlorós), etc.)

Synonyms

πράσινος (prásinos, “green”)

Derived terms

χλωρό κρεμμυδάκι n (chloró kremmydáki, “spring onion”)

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