Χαράδραι

ravines

Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] divisions, and splits, and conduits of the earth.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χαράδραι· αἱ διαιρέσεις, καὶ τὰ σχίσματα, καὶ χειμάρροι γῆς.

Betacode

*xara/drai: ai( diaire/seis, kai\ ta\ sxi/smata, kai\ xeima/rroi gh=s.

The headword is the nominative plural of the feminine noun xara/dra (chi 86).
Same or similar entry in other lexica, addressing Homer, Iliad 16.390 (where the headword appears: web address 1 below).