χλωρός

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Related to χλοερός (khloerós, “verdant”) and χλόη (khlóē, “the green of new growth”).

χλωρός • (khlōrós) m (feminine χλωρᾱ́, neuter χλωρόν); first/second declension

greenish-yellow, pale green
(in general) pale, pallid
- New Testament, Revelation 6:8:
  καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος χλωρός, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ὄνομα αὐτῷ [ὁ] Θάνατος, καὶ ὁ ἅδης ἠκολούθει μετ' αὐτοῦ
  kaì eîdon, kaì idoù híppos khlōrós, kaì ho kathḗmenos epánō autoû ónoma autôi [ho] Thánatos, kaì ho hádēs ēkoloúthei met' autoû
  And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. (KJV)
fresh, verdant, unripe, blooming
youthful

First and second declension of χλωρός; χλωρᾱ́; χλωρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	χλωρός khlōrós	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωροί khlōroí	χλωραί khlōraí	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Genitive	χλωροῦ khlōroû	χλωρᾶς khlōrâs	χλωροῦ khlōroû	χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωραῖν khlōraîn	χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωρῶν khlōrôn	χλωρῶν khlōrôn	χλωρῶν khlōrôn
Dative	χλωρῷ khlōrôi	χλωρᾷ khlōrâi	χλωρῷ khlōrôi	χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωραῖν khlōraîn	χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωροῖς khlōroîs	χλωραῖς khlōraîs	χλωροῖς khlōroîs
Accusative	χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρᾱ́ν khlōrā́n	χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρούς khlōroús	χλωρᾱ́ς khlōrā́s	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Vocative	χλωρέ khlōré	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωροί khlōroí	χλωραί khlōraí	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	χλωρῶς khlōrôs			χλωρότερος khlōróteros			χλωρότᾰτος khlōrótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“χλωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“χλωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“χλωρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
χλωρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“χλωρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G5515 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blooming idem, page 85.
- colourless idem, page 144.
- flower idem, page 329.
- fresh idem, page 344.
- grass-green idem, page 370.
- grassy idem, page 370.
- green idem, page 372.
- hale idem, page 381.
- hearty idem, page 392.
- pale idem, page 589.
- prime idem, page 640.
- sallow idem, page 732.
- verdant idem, page 948.
- vigorous idem, page 952.
- wan idem, page 961.
- white idem, page 977.
- yellow idem, page 995.
- young idem, page 997.
- youthful idem, page 997.
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

χλωρός • (chlorós) m (feminine χλωρή, neuter χλωρό)

Declension of χλωρός

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	χλωρός •	χλωρή •	χλωρό •	χλωροί •	χλωρές •	χλωρά •
genitive	χλωρού •	χλωρής •	χλωρού •	χλωρών •	χλωρών •	χλωρών •
accusative	χλωρό •	χλωρή •	χλωρό •	χλωρούς •	χλωρές •	χλωρά •
vocative	χλωρέ •	χλωρή •	χλωρό •	χλωροί •	χλωρές •	χλωρά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο χλωρός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο χλωρός, etc.)

λευκός (leukós)	πολῐός (poliós), γλαυκός (glaukós), φαιός (phaiós), χαροπός (kharopós)	μέλᾱς (mélās), κελαινός (kelainós)
ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós); κᾰρῡ́κῐνος (karū́kinos), κόκκῐνος (kókkinos), φοινός (phoinós)	πυρρός (purrhós); ὄρφνῐνος (órphninos)	ξᾰνθός (xanthós), μήλινος (mḗlinos); ὠχρός (ōkhrós)
πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos)	χλωρός (khlōrós)	χλωρός (khlōrós); χλωρομέλᾱς (khlōromélās)
κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos); γλαυκός (glaukós), κᾰλάϊνος (kaláïnos)	κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos)	κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos), ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος (huakínthinos)
φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos), ἰόεις (ióeis); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos), οἶνοψ (oînops)	φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos)	ῥόδινος (rhódinos), ῥοδόεις (rhodóeis)