χέρσος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=later Att. χέρρος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[dry land]], opp. water, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ χέρσου</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐν πόντῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.459</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.495</span>; κύματα μακρὰ κυλινδόμενα προτὶ χέρσον <span class="bibl">9.147</span>; λάϊγγας ποτὶ χ. ἀποπλύνεσκε θάλασσα <span class="bibl">6.95</span>; κῦμα . . βοάᾳ ποτὶ χ. <span class="bibl">Il.14.394</span>; κῦμα . . χέρσῳ ῥηγνύμενον μεγάλα βρέμει <span class="bibl">4.425</span>; χέρσον ἱκέσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.9.486</span>, <span class="bibl">542</span>; ἐπὶ χέρσω <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>9.10</span>; κατὰ χέρσον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>873</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>884</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">χέρσῳ</b> [[on]] or [[by land]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>977</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>558</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1066</span>: prov., ἐν πόντῳ νᾶες, ἐνχέρσῳ πόλεμοι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>12.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>1.62</span>; πολλὰ . . ἐκ θαλάσσης, πολλὰ δ' ἐκ χέρσου κακὰ γίγνεται <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>707</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">πάνδοκον εἰς ἀφανῆ τε χ</b>., of the realm of Hades, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>860</span>(lyr.).—In Hom. the gender cannot be determined, fem. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>75.17</span> (dub.l.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>31</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.13.3</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.3.15</span>, etc.: pl., <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς χέρσοις</b> on [[barren soils]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.6.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> after Hom. as Adj., <b class="b3">χέρσος, ον,</b> [[dry]], [[firm]], of land, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.99</span>; <b class="b3">Εὐρώπαν ποτὶ χέρσον</b> to [[the mainland]] of Europe, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>4.70</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν κονίᾳ χέρσῳ</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πόντῳ</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">9.43</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[dry]], [[hard]], [[barren]], τῆς χώρης ἐούσης χ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.123</span>; στύφλος δὲ γῆ καὶ χ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>251</span>; <b class="b3">παραδοῦναι [τὴν γῆν] χέρρον</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">ψιλήν</b>, [[without a crop]] on it, <span class="title">IG</span>22.2492.16; χ. καὶ ἄκανθα ἔσται ἡ γῆ <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>7.24</span>; χέρσα [[waste places]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>189</span>; <b class="b3">χ. λιμήν</b> a harbour [[left dry]], AP9.427 (Barb.): freq. in Pap., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.31.12</span> (ii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[barren]], of women, χέρσους φθαρῆναι κἀγάμους <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1502</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., [[barren of]], πυρὰ χέρσος ἀγλαϊς μάτων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>325</span>. (Cf. Skt. [[hárṣate]] 'become stiff, bristle', Avest. <b class="b2">zarštva-</b> 'stone', Lat. [[horreo]].) </span>