Χλοερός

green, verdant

Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

[*xloero/s means the same as] xlwro/s.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χλοερός· ὁ χλωρός.

Betacode

*xloero/s: o( xlwro/s.

The headword is simply an uncontracted form of the gloss, often preferred in poetry (e.g. Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 393, Euripides, Bacchae 866). See also chi 358, Hesychius s.v., and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 271.