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χηραιότης

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: chēraiótēs Transliteration B: chēraiotēs Transliteration C: chiraiotis Beta Code: xhraio/ths

English (LSJ)

-ητος, ἡ, widowhood, PMasp.5.23, al. (vi A. D.).

Greek Monolingual

-ότητος, ἡ, Α
η κατάσταση της χηρείας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < χήρα, μέσω ενός αμάρτυρου επιθ. χηραῖος, κατά το γεραιότης].