Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *kʰérsos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰérsos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (stand erect). Cognate to Albanian djerr (fallow land); Latin horreō, horror; Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa, excitement).

Compare the semantics of Latin terra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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χέρσος (khérsosf (genitive χέρσου); second declension

  1. dry land (as opposed to sea)

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Adjective

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χέρσος (khérsosm or f (neuter χέρσον); second declension

  1. dry, firm
  2. dry, hard, barren, unfruitful
  3. (of woman) barren, unfruitful

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Further reading

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  • χέρσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • χέρσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • χέρσος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χέρσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • χέρσος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • χέρσος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.