Χήρα

widow

Translated by David Whitehead9 Jan 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

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Also [sc. attested is] xhrei/a ["widowhood"], [formed] out of the [verb]¹ xhreu/w ["I am bereaved"].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χήρα. καὶ Χηρεία, ἐκ τοῦ χηρεύω.

Betacode

*xh/ra. kai\ *xhrei/a, e)k tou= xhreu/w.

Same material, variously, in other lexica.
For the (unglossed) primary headword see e.g. under chi 208; and note Menander's play Widow.
1For this verb see chi 290. ↩

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