# χλωρός
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Lua error in Module:links at line 262: The specified language Proto-Indo-European is unattested, while the given term does not begin with '*' to indicate that it is reconstructed. From Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Related to χλοερός (khloerós, “verdant”) and χλόη (khlóē, “the green of new growth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰlɔː.rós/ → /xloˈros/ → /xloˈros/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /kʰlɔː.rós/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /kʰloˈros/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /xloˈros/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /xloˈros/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /xloˈros/

### Adjective

χλωρός • (khlōrós) m (feminine χλωρᾱ́, neuter χλωρόν); first/second declension
* greenish-yellow, pale green (color/colour)
* (in general) pale, pallid
** New Testament, Revelation 6:8:καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος χλωρός, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ὄνομα αὐτῷ [ὁ] Θάνατος, καὶ ὁ ἅδης ἠκολούθει μετ' αὐτοῦkaì eîdon, kaì idoù híppos khlōrós, kaì ho kathḗmenos epánō autoû ónoma autôi [ho] Thánatos, kaì ho hádēs ēkoloúthei met’ autoûAnd I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. (KJV)
* fresh, verdant, unripe, blooming
* youthful

#### Derived terms

* ἔγχλωρος (énkhlōros)
* μελᾰ́γχλωρος (melắnkhlōros)
* μελᾰνόχλωρος (melănókhlōros)
* μελῐ́χλωρος (melĭ́khlōros)
* ὑπόχλωρος (hupókhlōros)
* χλωρᾰ́ζω (khlōrắzō)
* χλωρᾰθέω (khlōrăthéō)
* χλωραίνομαι (khlōraínomai)
* χλωρᾰ́κοπον (khlōrắkopon)
* χλώρᾰσμᾰ (khlṓrăsmă)
* χλωραύχην (khlōraúkhēn)
* χλωρᾰ́ω (khlōrắō)
* χλωρεύς (khlōreús)
* χλωρηΐς (khlōrēḯs)
* χλωρῐ́ᾰσῐς (khlōrĭ́ăsĭs)
* χλωρῐᾰ́ω (khlōrĭắō)
* χλωρῐ́ζω (khlōrĭ́zō)
* χλωρῐκός (khlōrĭkós)
* χλωρῐ́ς (khlōrĭ́s)
* χλωρῖτῐς (khlōrîtĭs)
* χλωρῐ́ων (khlōrĭ́ōn)
* χλωροβοτᾰ́νη (khlōrobotắnē)
* χλωροειδής (khlōroeidḗs)
* χλωρόκομος (khlōrókomos)
* χλωροκῠρτῐ́ς (khlōrokŭrtĭ́s)
* χλωρομέλᾱς (khlōromélās)
* χλωροποιός (khlōropoiós)
* χλωρόπτῐλος (khlōróptĭlos)
* χλωροσαῦρᾱ (khlōrosaûrā)
* χλωροστρουθῐ́ον (khlōrostrouthĭ́on)
* χλωρότης (khlōrótēs)
* χλωρότομος (khlōrótomos)
* χλωρότῡρᾰ (khlōrótūră)
* χλωροφᾰ́γος (khlōrophắgos)
* χλωροφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (khlōrophŭlăkĭ́ā)

#### Descendants

* English: chlorine
* Latin: chlorus, Chlorus

### See also

Colors in Ancient Greek · χρώμᾰτᾰ (khrṓmătă) (layout · text) :
| λευκός (leukós) | γλαυκός (glaukós), κῐλλός (kĭllós), πολῐός (polĭós), φαιός (phaiós), χαροπός (kharopós) | ᾰ̓μαυρός (ămaurós), κελαινός (kelainós), μαυρός (maurós), μέλᾱς (mélās) |
| ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós); κᾰρῡ́κῐνος (kărū́kĭnos), κόκκῐνος (kókkĭnos), φοινός (phoinós) | πυρρός (purrhós); ὄρφνῐνος (órphnĭnos) | μήλινος (mḗlinos), ξᾰνθός (xănthós); ὠχρός (ōkhrós) |
| πρᾰ́σῐνος (prắsĭnos) | χλωρός (khlōrós) | χλωρός (khlōrós); χλωρομέλᾱς (khlōromélās) |
| κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos); γλαυκός (glaukós), κᾰλάϊνος (kăláïnos) | κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos) | κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos), ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος (huăkĭ́nthĭnos) |
| ἰόεις (ióeis), φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (hălourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphŭ́reos), οἶνοψ (oînops) | φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (hălourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphŭ́reos) | ῥόδινος (rhódinos), ῥοδόεις (rhodóeis) |

### References

* “χλωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “χλωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “χλωρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* χλωρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “χλωρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G5515 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. blooming idem, page 85.colourless idem, page 144.flower idem, page 329.fresh idem, page 344.grass-green idem, page 370.grassy idem, page 370.green idem, page 372.hale idem, page 381.hearty idem, page 392.pale idem, page 589.prime idem, page 640.sallow idem, page 732.verdant idem, page 948.vigorous idem, page 952.wan idem, page 961.white idem, page 977.yellow idem, page 995.young idem, page 997.youthful idem, page 997.
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

## Greek
### Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xloˈɾos/
* Hyphenation: χλω‧ρός

### Adjective

χλωρός • (chlorós) m (feminine χλωρή, neuter χλωρό)
* just sprouted, tender and green (especially plant, grass, etc.)
* (by extension) fresh
    Antonym: ξερός (xerós)

#### Declension

Derivations: Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο χλωρός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο χλωρός, etc.)

#### Synonyms

* πράσινος (prásinos, “green”, adjective)

#### Derived terms

* χλωρό κρεμμυδάκι n (chloró kremmydáki, “spring onion”)
phrases:
* δε μ’ αφήνει σε χλωρό κλαδί (de m’ afínei se chloró kladí) / δε μ’ αφήνει σε χλωρό κλαρί (de m’ afínei se chloró klarí)
* μαζί με τα ξερά καίγονται και τα χλωρά (mazí me ta xerá kaígontai kai ta chlorá) (proverb)

#### Related terms

* χλωρο- (chloro-) compounds like χλωροφύλλη f (chlorofýlli, “chlorophyll”), χλωροφόρμιο n (chlorofórmio, “chloroform”)
* χλωρίδα f (chlorída, “flora”)
* χλώριο n (chlório, “chlorine”) (chemical element) & related terms, chiefly for chemistry
* Χλωρός m (Chlorós, “a male surname”)
    see Χλωρός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$
* Terms with χλωρ-, χλώρ- — Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Anna (2003) Αντίστροφο λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής (ΑΛΝΕ) [Α Reverse Index of Modern Greek (RIMG)] @ins Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation) ISBN:960-231-097-9 & online @greek-language.gr (abbreviations, asterisk for literary words)

### Further reading

* χλωρός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
* χλωρός - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christikó lexikó tis neoellenikís glóssas) [A Practical Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)