χῶρος

See also: χώρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to χώρα (khṓra, “location”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χῶρος • (khôros) m (genitive χώρου); second declension

  1. space, room, place (in which a thing is)
  2. dwelling place
  3. locality
  4. station
  5. district, region, territory, country, land
  6. field, farm, estate
  7. northeast wind

Declension

Second declension of ὁ χῶρος; τοῦ χώρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χῶρος
ho khôros 		τὼ χώρω
tṑ khṓrō 		οἱ χῶροι
hoi khôroi
Genitive τοῦ χώρου
toû khṓrou 		τοῖν χώροιν
toîn khṓroin 		τῶν χώρων
tôn khṓrōn
Dative τῷ χώρῳ
tōî khṓrōi 		τοῖν χώροιν
toîn khṓroin 		τοῖς χώροις
toîs khṓrois
Accusative τὸν χῶρον
tòn khôron 		τὼ χώρω
tṑ khṓrō 		τοὺς χώρους
toùs khṓrous
Vocative χῶρε
khôre 		χώρω
khṓrō 		χῶροι
khôroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: χώρος (chóros)
  • →? Old Georgian: ქორი (kori, “(room) upstairs; home”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χώρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1654-5

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