χέρσος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *kʰérsos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰérsos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stand erect”). Cognate to Albanian djerr (“fallow land”); Latin horreō, horror; Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa, “excitement”).
Compare the semantics of Latin terra.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰér.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰer.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçer.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçer.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçer.sos/
Noun
[edit]χέρσος • (khérsos) f (genitive χέρσου); second declension
- dry land (as opposed to sea)
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χέρσος hē khérsos |
τὼ χέρσω tṑ khérsō |
αἱ χέρσοι hai khérsoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χέρσου tês khérsou |
τοῖν χέρσοιν toîn khérsoin |
τῶν χέρσων tôn khérsōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χέρσῳ têi khérsōi |
τοῖν χέρσοιν toîn khérsoin |
ταῖς χέρσοις taîs khérsois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χέρσον tḕn khérson |
τὼ χέρσω tṑ khérsō |
τᾱ̀ς χέρσους tā̀s khérsous | ||||||||||
Vocative | χέρσε khérse |
χέρσω khérsō |
χέρσοι khérsoi | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- χερρόνησος (kherrhónēsos)
- χερσάβροχος (khersábrokhos)
- χερσαῖος (khersaîos)
- χερσάλμη (khersálmē)
- χέρσαμμος (khérsammos)
- χερσάμπελος (khersámpelos)
- χερσάνιππος (khersánippos)
- χερσάρακος (khersárakos)
- χερσάσπορος (khersásporos)
- χερσεία (kherseía)
- χερσεύω (kherseúō)
- χερσέφιππος (kherséphippos)
- χερσία (khersía)
- χέρσινος (khérsinos)
- χερσίτης (khersítēs)
- χερσόβιος (khersóbios)
- χερσόθεν (khersóthen)
- χερσόθι (khersóthi)
- χερσοθρύϊον (khersothrúïon)
- χερσοθρυῖτις (khersothruîtis)
- χερσοκοπέω (khersokopéō)
- χερσοκοπία (khersokopía)
- χερσοκόπος (khersokópos)
- χέρσονδε (khérsonde)
- χερσονησίζω (khersonēsízō)
- χερσονήσιος (khersonḗsios)
- χερσονησίτης (khersonēsítēs)
- χερσονησοειδής (khersonēsoeidḗs)
- χερσόνησος (khersónēsos)
- χερσονησώδης (khersonēsṓdēs)
- χερσονομή (khersonomḗ)
- χερσόω (khersóō)
- χέρσυδρος (khérsudros)
- χερσώδης (khersṓdēs)
Adjective
[edit]χέρσος • (khérsos) m or f (neuter χέρσον); second declension
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | χέρσος khérsos |
χέρσον khérson |
χέρσω khérsō |
χέρσω khérsō |
χέρσοι khérsoi |
χέρσᾰ khérsa | ||||||||
Genitive | χέρσου khérsou |
χέρσου khérsou |
χέρσοιν khérsoin |
χέρσοιν khérsoin |
χέρσων khérsōn |
χέρσων khérsōn | ||||||||
Dative | χέρσῳ khérsōi |
χέρσῳ khérsōi |
χέρσοιν khérsoin |
χέρσοιν khérsoin |
χέρσοις khérsois |
χέρσοις khérsois | ||||||||
Accusative | χέρσον khérson |
χέρσον khérson |
χέρσω khérsō |
χέρσω khérsō |
χέρσους khérsous |
χέρσᾰ khérsa | ||||||||
Vocative | χέρσε khérse |
χέρσον khérson |
χέρσω khérsō |
χέρσω khérsō |
χέρσοι khérsoi |
χέρσᾰ khérsa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
χέρσως khérsōs |
χερσότερος khersóteros |
χερσότᾰτος khersótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “χέρσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χέρσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “χέρσος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χέρσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χέρσος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χέρσος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- barren idem, page 63.
- dry idem, page 255.
- land idem, page 475.
- terra firma idem, page 863.
- unfruitful idem, page 919.
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- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension
- Ancient Greek adjectives