χλωρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰlɔː.rís/ → /xloˈris/ → /xloˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰlɔː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰloˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xloˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xloˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xloˈris/

Noun

χλωρῐ́ς • (khlōrís) f (genitive χλωρῐ́δος); third declension

1. greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
2. kind of grape

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ χλωρῐ́ς; τῆς χλωρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χλωρῐ́ς hē khlōrís	τὼ χλωρῐ́δε tṑ khlōríde	αἱ χλωρῐ́δες hai khlōrídes
Genitive	τῆς χλωρῐ́δος tês khlōrídos	τοῖν χλωρῐ́δοιν toîn khlōrídoin	τῶν χλωρῐ́δων tôn khlōrídōn
Dative	τῇ χλωρῐ́δῐ têi khlōrídi	τοῖν χλωρῐ́δοιν toîn khlōrídoin	ταῖς χλωρῐ́σῐ / χλωρῐ́σῐν taîs khlōrísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν χλωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn khlōrída	τὼ χλωρῐ́δε tṑ khlōríde	τᾱ̀ς χλωρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s khlōrídas
Vocative	χλωρῐ́ς khlōrís	χλωρῐ́δε khlōríde	χλωρῐ́δες khlōrídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: χλώρι (chlóri), φλώρι (flóri)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فلوریه (florya)
    • Turkish: florya
    • → Armenian: ֆիլօռյա (filōṙya)
• → Translingual: Chloris

Further reading

• “χλωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χλωρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette