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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. See also Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰló.ɛː/ → /ˈxlo.i/ → /ˈxlo.i/
Noun
χλόη • (khlóē) f (genitive χλόης); first declension (Attic)
- A new green shoot in the spring
Declension
Descendants
References
- “χλόη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χλόη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χλόη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “green shoot, sprout”).
Noun
χλόη • (chlói) f (uncountable)
- grass, lawn
Declension
Declension of χλόη
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singular
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| nominative
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χλόη (chlói)
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| genitive
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χλόης (chlóis)
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| accusative
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χλόη (chlói)
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| vocative
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χλόη (chlói)
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