"χθών" meaning in Ancient Greek

See χθών in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰtʰɔ̌ːn/, /xθon/, /xθon/, /kʰtʰɔ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /kʰtʰon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /xθon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /xθon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /xθon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn, full transference to n-stem (cf. εἷς (heîs), χῐών (khĭṓn)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm, with the Proto-Indo-European cluster *dʰǵʰ- metathesizing into Proto-Greek *kʰtʰ- from an earlier Proto-Hellenic *tʰkʰṓn, since Greek stop clusters must always end in a dental. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa) and Latin humus. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*kʰtʰṓn}} Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*dʰéǵʰōm}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm, {{glossary|metathesis|metathesizing}} metathesizing, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*tʰkʰṓn}} Proto-Hellenic *tʰkʰṓn, {{cog|sa|क्ष}} Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa), {{cog|la|humus}} Latin humus Head templates: {{grc-noun|χθονός|f|third}} χθών • (khthṓn) f (genitive χθονός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|χθών|χθονός|form=F}} Forms: khthṓn [romanization], χθονός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ χθών [nominative, singular], χθόνε [dual, nominative], αἱ χθόνες [nominative, plural], τῆς χθονός [genitive, singular], χθονοῖν [dual, genitive], χθονῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ χθονῐ́ [dative, singular], χθονοῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς χθοσῐ́ [dative, plural], χθοσῐ́ν [dative, plural], taîs khthosĭ́(n) [dative, plural], τὴν χθόνᾰ [accusative, singular], χθόνε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς χθόνᾰς [accusative, plural], χθών [singular, vocative], χθόνε [dual, vocative], χθόνες [plural, vocative]
  1. ground, soil, surface of the earth
    Sense id: en-χθών-grc-noun-RqvJ74-- Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 49 25 25 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 49 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 11 11
  2. earth, world
    Sense id: en-χθών-grc-noun-7I0eL3Sa
  3. land, country
    Sense id: en-χθών-grc-noun-5eP7rmge
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: αὐτόχθων (autókhthōn), ἐνοσίχθων (enosíkhthōn), χθόνιος (khthónios), χθονοστιβής (khthonostibḗs), Χθωνία (Khthōnía)
Related terms: χαμάδις (khamádis), χαμᾶζε (khamâze), χαμᾶθεν (khamâthen), χαμαί (khamaí), χαμαιευνάς (khamaieunás), χαμαιεύνης (khamaieúnēs), χαμαίζηλος (khamaízēlos), χαμαῖθεν (khamaîthen), χαμαικοίτης (khamaikoítēs), χαμόθεν (khamóthen), χθαμαλός (khthamalós)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "autókhthōn",
      "word": "αὐτόχθων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "enosíkhthōn",
      "word": "ἐνοσίχθων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khthónios",
      "word": "χθόνιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khthonostibḗs",
      "word": "χθονοστιβής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Khthōnía",
      "word": "Χθωνία"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*kʰtʰṓn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰéǵʰōm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metathesis",
        "2": "metathesizing"
      },
      "expansion": "metathesizing",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*tʰkʰṓn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *tʰkʰṓn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "क्ष"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "humus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin humus",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn, full transference to n-stem (cf. εἷς (heîs), χῐών (khĭṓn)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm, with the Proto-Indo-European cluster *dʰǵʰ- metathesizing into Proto-Greek *kʰtʰ- from an earlier Proto-Hellenic *tʰkʰṓn, since Greek stop clusters must always end in a dental. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa) and Latin humus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "khthṓn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθονός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ χθών",
      "roman": "hē khthṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθόνε",
      "roman": "khthóne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ χθόνες",
      "roman": "hai khthónes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς χθονός",
      "roman": "tês khthonós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθονοῖν",
      "roman": "khthonoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθονῶν",
      "roman": "khthonôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ χθονῐ́",
      "roman": "têi khthonĭ́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθονοῖν",
      "roman": "khthonoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς χθοσῐ́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθοσῐ́ν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs khthosĭ́(n)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν χθόνᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn khthónă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθόνε",
      "roman": "khthóne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς χθόνᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s khthónăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθών",
      "roman": "khthṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθόνε",
      "roman": "khthóne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθόνες",
      "roman": "khthónes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χθονός",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "χθών • (khthṓn) f (genitive χθονός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χθών",
        "2": "χθονός",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamádis",
      "word": "χαμάδις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamâze",
      "word": "χαμᾶζε"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamâthen",
      "word": "χαμᾶθεν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamaí",
      "word": "χαμαί"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamaieunás",
      "word": "χαμαιευνάς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamaieúnēs",
      "word": "χαμαιεύνης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamaízēlos",
      "word": "χαμαίζηλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamaîthen",
      "word": "χαμαῖθεν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamaikoítēs",
      "word": "χαμαικοίτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khamóthen",
      "word": "χαμόθεν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khthamalós",
      "word": "χθαμαλός"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 26 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ground, soil, surface of the earth"
      ],
      "id": "en-χθών-grc-noun-RqvJ74--",
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earth, world"
      ],
      "id": "en-χθών-grc-noun-7I0eL3Sa",
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land, country"
      ],
      "id": "en-χθών-grc-noun-5eP7rmge",
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰtʰɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰtʰɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰtʰon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χθών"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 1-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "autókhthōn",
      "word": "αὐτόχθων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "enosíkhthōn",
      "word": "ἐνοσίχθων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khthónios",
      "word": "χθόνιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khthonostibḗs",
      "word": "χθονοστιβής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Khthōnía",
      "word": "Χθωνία"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*kʰtʰṓn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰéǵʰōm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metathesis",
        "2": "metathesizing"
      },
      "expansion": "metathesizing",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*tʰkʰṓn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *tʰkʰṓn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "क्ष"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "humus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin humus",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn, full transference to n-stem (cf. εἷς (heîs), χῐών (khĭṓn)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm, with the Proto-Indo-European cluster *dʰǵʰ- metathesizing into Proto-Greek *kʰtʰ- from an earlier Proto-Hellenic *tʰkʰṓn, since Greek stop clusters must always end in a dental. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa) and Latin humus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "khthṓn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθονός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ χθών",
      "roman": "hē khthṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθόνε",
      "roman": "khthóne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ χθόνες",
      "roman": "hai khthónes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς χθονός",
      "roman": "tês khthonós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθονοῖν",
      "roman": "khthonoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθονῶν",
      "roman": "khthonôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ χθονῐ́",
      "roman": "têi khthonĭ́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθονοῖν",
      "roman": "khthonoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς χθοσῐ́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθοσῐ́ν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs khthosĭ́(n)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν χθόνᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn khthónă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθόνε",
      "roman": "khthóne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς χθόνᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s khthónăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθών",
      "roman": "khthṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθόνε",
      "roman": "khthóne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χθόνες",
      "roman": "khthónes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χθονός",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "χθών • (khthṓn) f (genitive χθονός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χθών",
        "2": "χθονός",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "khamádis",
      "word": "χαμάδις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamâze",
      "word": "χαμᾶζε"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamâthen",
      "word": "χαμᾶθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamaí",
      "word": "χαμαί"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamaieunás",
      "word": "χαμαιευνάς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamaieúnēs",
      "word": "χαμαιεύνης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamaízēlos",
      "word": "χαμαίζηλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamaîthen",
      "word": "χαμαῖθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamaikoítēs",
      "word": "χαμαικοίτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khamóthen",
      "word": "χαμόθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khthamalós",
      "word": "χθαμαλός"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ground, soil, surface of the earth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earth, world"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land, country"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰtʰɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰtʰɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰtʰon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xθon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χθών"
}

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