χέρσος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

 

Noun

χέρσος • (khérsos) f (genitive χέρσου); second declension

  1. dry land (as opposed to sea)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ χέρσος; τῆς χέρσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adjective

χέρσος • (khérsos) m or f (neuter χέρσον); second declension

  1. dry, firm
  2. dry, hard, barren, unfruitful
  3. (of woman) barren, unfruitful

Declension

Second declension of χέρσος; χέρσον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
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

  • “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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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