χηροσύνη
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
English (LSJ)
ἡ, bereavement, widowhood, Epigr. Gr.370 (Cotiaeum), 574; χ. πόσιος A.R.4.1064: pl., Man.3.82.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1354] ἡ, Beraubtheit, Verlassenheit, bes. πόσιος, Ap. Rh. 5, 1064, Witwenstand.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χηροσύνη: ἡ, στέρησις συζύγου, χηρεία, Ἑλλ. Ἐπιγράμμ. 370, 574, κ. ἀλλ.· χ. πόσιος Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Δ. 1046.
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, ΜΑ
στέρηση συζύγου, χηρεία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < χήρα + κατάλ. -σύνη].
Translations
widowhood
Danish: enkestand; Esperanto: vidvado; Finnish: leskeys; French: veuvage; Galician: viuvez; German: Witwenschaft, Witwentum, Witwenstand, Verwitwung; Greek: χηρεία; Ancient Greek: χηραιότης, χηρεία, χήρευσις, χηροσύνη; Hungarian: özvegység; Irish: baintreachas; Italian: vedovanza; Latin: viduitas; Maori: pouarutanga; Occitan: veusatge; Polish: wdowieństwo; Portuguese: viuvez; Romanian: văduvie; Russian: вдовство; Spanish: viudez, viudedad; Swedish: änkestånd; Turkish: dulluk