Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χέρρος ‎(khérrhos) Attic, later

Noun

χέρσος • ‎(khérsos) f ‎(genitive χέρσου); second declension

1. dry land

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

χέρσος • ‎(khérsos) m, f ‎(neuter χέρσον); second declension

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

Declension

References

• 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • barren idem, page 63.
  • dry idem, page 255.
  • land idem, page 475.
  • terra firma idem, page 863.
  • unfruitful idem, page 919.