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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, wan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̂ː.kʰros/ → /ˈo.xros/ → /ˈo.xros/
Noun
ὦχρος • (ôkhros) m (genitive ὤχρου); second declension
- paleness, wanness, especially the pale hue of fear
- Cyprus vetch (Lathyrus ochrus)
Inflection
Further reading
- “ὦχρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὦχρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὦχρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὦχρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὦχρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963