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χλωρός

chloros

&, -6v : se dit d’un vert ou d'un jaune clair, ct

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  • Revelation 3 · 3.03/10k
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  • Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
  • Genesis 4 · 1.33/10k

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What it meant

1. χλωρός · chlōros — Chantraine

χλωρός, -&, -6v : se dit d’un vert ou d'un jaune clair, ct. χλωρός * ὠχρός (Hsch.), qualifie les moissons non mûres (Hom.}, le miel (Hom.), etc., ceux qui sont malades (Th., Hp.) ou ont peur (Hom.), et par hypallage la peur elle-même : χλωρὸν δέος (Hom.) ; par référence à la vigueur d’une végétation jeune, peut qualifier tout ce qui est frais et récent : bois (Hom.), fromage (Ar. Gren. 559), larme (E.), sang … — [Chantraine, s.v. χλωρός, p. 1284]

2. χλωρός · chlōros — LSJ

greenish-yellow, pale green, green plaster, green paint

greenish-yellow, pale green, χλωραὶ ῥῶπες Od. 16.47; ὄρος . . χλωρόν h.Ap. 223; χλωραὶ ἐλάται Pi. Fr. 167, E. Ba. 38; χλωραῖς ὑπὸ βάσσαις S. OC 673 (lyr.); χλωρὰν ἀνʼ ὕλην E. Hipp. 17; δόνακι χλωρὸν Εὐρώταν Id. Hel. 349 (lyr.), cf. S. Ant. 1132 (lyr.); also in Prose, σίτου ἔτι χ. ὄντος Th. 4.6; τὰ φυόμενα χ. τὸ πρῶτον εἶναι Thphr. Sens. 78; ἡ χ. the green plaster, Androm. ap. Gal. 13.470; χλωρὸς λίθος, = σμάραγδος, PHolm. 5.10; of sea-water, Poet. ap. Plu. Amat. 2.767f (cf. E. Fr. 1084); of othe

2 yellow, yellow, yolk

yellow, μέλι χ. Il. 11.631, Od. 10.234; ἀμφὶ χλωρὰν ψάμαθον on the yellow sand, S. Aj. 1064; ᾠοῦ τὸ χ. yolk of egg, Zopyr. ap. Orib. 14.61.1.

II pale, pallid

generally, pale, pallid, χλωρὸς ἀδάμας Hes. Sc. 231: most freq.,

2 pale, yellow, bilious-looking

of persons, pale, χλωρὸς ὑπαὶ δείους Il. 10.376, 15.4; χ. Ἀχλύς (personified) Hes. Sc. 265; χλωροτέρα . . ποίας ἔμμι Sapph. 2.14; hence as an epith. of fear, χλωρὸν δέος Il. 7.479, Od. 11.43, etc.; χλωρῷ δείματι A. Supp. 566 (lyr.), cf. E. Supp. 599 (lyr.): in Medic. writers, yellow, bilious-looking, ὀφθαλμοὶ -ότεροι v.l. in Hp. VM 10; χρῶμα χ. ἴσχειν Id. Prog. 24; σῶμα . . οὔτε χ. ἀλλʼ ὑπέρυθρον Th. 2.49; also χ. πτύελος, οὖρον, Hp. Prog. 14, VM 10 (Comp.).

III green, fresh, green, fresh, fresh, not salted, fresh picked

without regard to colour, green, i.e. fresh, opp. dry, esp. of wood, ῥόπαλον . . χλωρὸν ἐλαΐνεον of green olive-wood, Od. 9.320, cf. 379; opp. αὖος, Hes. Op. 743; τὰ σφόδρα χ. ἄκαυστα Arist. Mete. 387a22; χ. ξύλα ib. 374a5, al.; of various things, χλωραὶ ἐέρσαι Pi. N. 8.40; τυρὸς χ. fresh cheese, Ar. Ra. 559, Lys. 23.6; of fish, fresh, not salted, Ath. 7.309b; of fruit, fresh picked, IG 2(2).1013.23, Dsc. 1.113.

2 fresh, blooming, fresh, living, fresh, bursting, sparkling

metaph., fresh, blooming, χλωρόν τε καὶ βλέποντα Trag. ap. Hsch. (perh. to be read in A. Ag. 677 for καὶ ζῶντα καὶ β.) ; λειμὼν ἄνθεσι (sed fort. ἔρνεσι) θάλλων χλωροῖς E. IA 1297 (lyr.); χλωρὸν γόνυ Theoc. 14.70; χ. αἷαμα fresh, living, S. Tr. 1055, E. Hec. 127 (anap.); χ. δάκρυ fresh, bursting tear, E. Med. 906, cf. 922, Hel. 1189; χλωρὰ δακρύων ἄχνα S. Tr. 847 (lyr.); οἴνου χλωραὶ σταγόνες sparkling, E. Cyc. 67 (lyr.).

3 unripe

metaph., unripe, χ. καὶ ἄναιμα πράγματα Gorg. Fr. 16. (Not contr. fr. χλοερός but cogn. with it and χλόη.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χλωρός (scan p. 1690; entry #6584).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χλωρός (scan pp. 1284-1285; entry #8768).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χλωρός (scan p. 2078; entry #6118).

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