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|Full diacritics=χερνής
|Medium diacritics=χερνής
|Low diacritics=χερνής
|Capitals=ΧΕΡΝΗΣ
|Transliteration A=chernḗs
|Transliteration B=chernēs
|Transliteration C=chernis
|Beta Code=xernh/s
|Definition=ῆτος, Dor. χερνάς, ᾶτος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">poor, needy</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν χερνῆσι δόμοις</b> &lt;*&gt;<span class="title">El.</span>207 (lyr.); χερνῆτα βίον <span class="title">AP</span>6.39 (Arch.); with fem. Subst., <b class="b3">γυνὴ χ</b>. Gal. ap. Orib.inc.<span class="bibl">22(6).13</span>; χέρνης Hsch., but χερνής Hdn. &lt;*&gt;.<span class="bibl">1.64</span>; fem. χερνῆσσα ib.<span class="bibl">1.250</span>. (Acc. to Hsch. from <b class="b3">χέρνα</b>, ἡ<b class="b2"> poverty</b>: but acc. to <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1277a38</span> <b class="b3">ὁ ζῶν ἀπὸ τῶν χειρῶν</b>.) </span>
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