χόρτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”). Cognates include Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá), Latin hortus, and Old English ġeard (English yard).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χόρτος • (khórtos) m (genitive χόρτου); second declension

  1. feeding place for animals, barn, pasture
  2. foodstuff for animals, fodder, hay, grass
    Synonym: πόα (póa)
  3. (in general) food

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χόρτος; τοῦ χόρτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χόρτος
ho khórtos 		τὼ χόρτω
tṑ khórtō 		οἱ χόρτοι
hoi khórtoi
Genitive τοῦ χόρτου
toû khórtou 		τοῖν χόρτοιν
toîn khórtoin 		τῶν χόρτων
tôn khórtōn
Dative τῷ χόρτῳ
tōî khórtōi 		τοῖν χόρτοιν
toîn khórtoin 		τοῖς χόρτοις
toîs khórtois
Accusative τὸν χόρτον
tòn khórton 		τὼ χόρτω
tṑ khórtō 		τοὺς χόρτους
toùs khórtous
Vocative χόρτε
khórte 		χόρτω
khórtō 		χόρτοι
khórtoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • χορτάζω (khortázō)
  • χορταῖος (khortaîos)
  • χόρτασμα (khórtasma)
  • χορτίον (khortíon)
  • χορτόσπερμον (khortóspermon)
  • χορτώδης (khortṓdēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: χόρτο (chórto)
  • Italiot Greek: chòrto

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χόρτος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1644-5

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