χήρα: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[χήρα]], ιονιξ [[χήρη]], ἡ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[bereft]] of a [[husband]], a [[widow]], Lat. [[vidua]], c. gen., [[χήρη]] σευ [[ἔσομαι]], says [[Andromache]] to [[Hector]], Il.; χῆραι γυναῖκες [[widow]] women, Il.; so Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> from [[χήρα]] was formed the masc. [[χῆρος]] (as widower from [[widow]]), Anth.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[χῆρος]], α, ον, as adj., in metaph. [[sense]], [[widowed]], bereaved, χῆρα μέλαθρα Eur.; c. gen., [[φάρσος]] στελεοῦ χῆρον a [[piece]] [[torn]] from the [[stem]], Anth. [deriv. uncertain]