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χλωρός
χλωρός χλωρός, poet. χλοερός, ή, όν χλόη greenish-yellow (like young grass or leaves), pale-green, light-green, green, grassy, Od., Soph., Eur.; σίτου ἔτι χλωροῦ ὄντος Thuc. yellow, of honey, Hom.; ἀμφὶ χλωρὰν ψάμαθον on the yellow sand, Soph. generally, pale, pallid, bleached, χλωρὸς ὑπαὶ δείους Il.;—then, as an epith. of fear, χλωρὸν δέος Hom.:— yellow, pallid, of persons affected by the plague, Thuc. without regard to colour, green, i. e. fresh, Od., Ar. metaph. fresh, living, χλωρὸν αἷμα Soph., Eur.; χλωρὸν δάκρυ, like θαλερὸν δάκρυ, the fresh, bursting tear, Eur.; χλ. μέλεα fresh, young limbs, Theocr.

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greenish-yellow

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χλωρός χλωρός, poet. χλοερός, ή, όν χλόη greenish-yellow (like young grass or leaves), pale-green, light-green, green, grassy, Od., Soph., Eur.; σίτου ἔτι χλωροῦ ὄντος Thuc. yellow, of honey, Hom.; ἀμφὶ χλωρὰν ψάμαθον on the yellow sand, Soph. generally, pale, pallid, bleached, χλωρὸς ὑπαὶ δείους Il.;—then, as an epith. of fear, χλωρὸν δέος Hom.:— yellow, pallid, of persons affected by the plague, Thuc. without regard to colour, green, i. e. fresh, Od., Ar. metaph. fresh, living, χλωρὸν αἷμα Soph., Eur.; χλωρὸν δάκρυ, like θαλερὸν δάκρυ, the fresh, bursting tear, Eur.; χλ. μέλεα fresh, young limbs, Theocr.
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35799
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35840
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xlwro/s

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