widow

From LSJ

αἰτῶ δ' ὑγίειαν πρῶτον, εἶτ' εὐπραξίαν, τρίτον δὲ χαίρειν, εἶτ' ὀφείλειν μηδενί → first health, good fortune next, and third rejoicing; last, to owe nought to any man

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. χήρα, ἡ, or use adj., P. and V. ἄνανδρος (Plato).

be a widow, v.: P. and V. χηρεύειν.

verb transitive

V. χηροῦν (Euripides, Cyclops 304); see desolate.