χλωρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

1. greenish-yellow, pale green (color/colour)
2. (in general) pale, pallid
   • New Testament, Revelation 6:8:

     καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος χλωρός, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Θάνατος, καὶ ὁ ἅδης ἠκολούθει μετ' αὐτοῦ

     kaì eîdon, kaì idoù híppos khlōrós, kaì ho kathḗmenos epánō autoû ónoma autôi [ho] Thánatos, kaì ho hádēs ēkoloúthei met' autoû

     And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. (KJV)

3. fresh, verdant, unripe, blooming
4. youthful

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: chlorine
• Latin: chlorus, Chlorus

See also

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• 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

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xloˈɾos/
• Hyphenation: χλω‧ρός

Adjective

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

1. just sprouted, tender and green (especially plant, grass, etc.)
2. (by extension) fresh

   Antonym: ξερός (xerós)

Declension

Synonyms

• πράσινος (prásinos, “green”, adjective)

Derived terms

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

phrases:

• δε μ' αφήνει σε χλωρό κλαδί (de m' afínei se chloró kladí) / δε μ' αφήνει σε χλωρό κλαρί (de m' afínei se chloró klarí)
• μαζί με τα ξερά καίγονται και τα χλωρά (mazí me ta xerá kaígontai kai ta chlorá) (proverb)

Related terms

• χλωρο- (chloro-) compounds like χλωροφύλλη f (chlorofýlli, “chlorophyll”), χλωροφόρμιο n (chlorofórmio, “chloroform”)
• χλωρίδα f (chlorída, “flora”)
• χλώριο n (chlório, “chlorine”) (chemical element) & related terms, chiefly for chemistry
• Χλωρός m (Chlorós, “a male surname”)

  see Χλωρός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

• Terms with -χλωρ- —  Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Anna (2003) Αντίστροφο λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής (ΑΛΝΕ) @ins Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation) ISBN:960-231-097-9 & online @greek-language.gr (abbreviations, asterisk for literary words)

Further reading

• χλωρός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
• χλωρός - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)