χέρσος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[χέρσος]], λατερ αττιξ [[χέρρος]], ἡ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> dry [[land]], [[land]], ἐπὶ χέρσου, opp. to ἐν πόντῳ, Od.; κύματα κυλινδόμενα [[προτὶ]] χέρσον Od.; [[κῦμα]] χέρσῳ ῥηγνύμενον Il.; χέρσῳ on or by [[land]], Aesch., Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as adj., [[χέρσος]], ον, dry, [[firm]], of [[land]], Hdt.; ἐν κονίᾳ χέρσῳ, opp. to πόντῳ, Pind.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> dry, [[hard]], [[barren]], Hdt., Soph.; χ. [[λιμήν]] a [[harbour]] [[left]] dry, Anth.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> metaph. [[barren]], without children, of women, Soph.: c. gen. [[barren]] of, πυρὰ [[χέρσος]] ἀγλαϊσμάτων Eur. [Prob. from [[same]] Root as [[ξηρός]].]