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χέρσος
χέρσος χέρσος, later Attic χέρρος, ἡ, 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. as adj., χέρσος, ον, dry, firm, of land, Hdt.; ἐν κονίᾳ χέρσῳ, opp. to πόντῳ, Pind. dry, hard, barren, Hdt., Soph.; χ. λιμήν a harbour left dry, Anth. metaph. barren, without children, of women, Soph.: c. gen. barren of, πυρὰ χέρσος ἀγλαϊσμάτων Eur. Prob. from same Root as ξηρός.

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dry land, land

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χέρσος χέρσος, later Attic χέρρος, ἡ, 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. as adj., χέρσος, ον, dry, firm, of land, Hdt.; ἐν κονίᾳ χέρσῳ, opp. to πόντῳ, Pind. dry, hard, barren, Hdt., Soph.; χ. λιμήν a harbour left dry, Anth. metaph. barren, without children, of women, Soph.: c. gen. barren of, πυρὰ χέρσος ἀγλαϊσμάτων Eur. Prob. from same Root as ξηρός.
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35683
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35723
Key:
xe/rsos

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