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1 Barrenness
subs.Desolation: P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ.Of females: P. ἀφορία, ἡ, ὀλιγογονία, ἡ, V. ἀκαρπία, ἡ.Childlessness: P. and V. ἀπαιδια, ἡ.Uselessness: P. ἀχρηστία. ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Barrenness
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2 barrenness
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3 barren
['bærən](not able to produce crops, fruit, young etc: barren soil; a barren fruit-tree; a barren woman.) στείρος, άγονος -
4 Curse
v. trans.Ar. and P. καταρᾶσθαι (dat.), P. and V. ἐπαρᾶσθαι (dat.), κατεύχεσθαι (absol. or gen.) (Plat., Rep. 393A), ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι (dat.), V. ἀρᾶσθαι (dat.), ἀρὰς ἐξανιέναι (dat.), κακὰς πράξεις ἐφυμνεῖν (dat.) (Soph., Ant. 1304), ἐπεύχεσθαι (absol.).Be cursed with: met., P. and V. νοσεῖν (dat.).——————subs.Concretely, of a person: P. and V. ἀλάστωρ, ὁ (Dem.), V. Ἐρινύς, ἡ, μιάστωρ, ὁ, Ar. and P. ἀλιτήριος (adj.) (Dem. 280).Ruin: V. ἄτη, ἡ.Bringing a curse on: V. ἀραῖος (dat.) (also Plat. but rare P.).A curse on you: Ar. and V. φθείρου, ἔρρε, ἄπερρε, Ar. οἴμωζε, V. ὄλοιο, οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; οὐκ εἰς φθόρον.These ( children), alas! bring a curse upon your head: V. οἵδʼ εἰσὶν, οἴμοι, σῷ κάρᾳ μιάστορες (Eur., Med. 1371).I say that Zeus was never your father, curse as you are to many both barbarians and Greeks: V. οὐ γάρ ποτʼ αὐχῶ Ζῆνά γʼ ἐκφῦσαι σʼ ἐγώ πολλοῖσι κῆρα βαρβάροις Ἕλλησί τε (Eur., Tro. 765).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Curse
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5 Sterility
subs.Desolation: P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ; see Barrenness.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sterility
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6 Unfruitfulness
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Unfruitfulness
См. также в других словарях:
Barrenness — Bar ren*ness, n. The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. [1913 Webster] A total barrenness of invention. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
barrenness — index blank (emptiness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
barrenness — late 14c., literal; mid 14c., figurative (of spiritual emptiness), from BARREN (Cf. barren) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
barrenness — barren ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of land) too poor to produce vegetation. 2) (of a female animal) unable to bear young. 3) bleak and lifeless. 4) (barren of) without. DERIVATIVES barrenness noun. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
BARRENNESS AND FERTILITY — BARRENNESS AND FERTILITY, the inability or ability of man and woman to procreate. Procreation is considered a blessing in the Bible and it is a commandment (Gen. 1:28; 9:7; Rashi, ibid.) applicable to all Jewish men, although not to Jewish women… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
barrenness — noun see barren I … New Collegiate Dictionary
barrenness — See barrenly. * * * … Universalium
barrenness — noun The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life … Wiktionary
barrenness — It was the worst of misfortunes for a Hebrew or Jewish wife not to bear children (1 Sam. 1:10 ff.). So the prediction that women who were childless will be thankful is an indication of how appalling will be the disaster to fall on Jerusalem… … Dictionary of the Bible
barrenness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sterility, unproductiveness, infecundity, infertility, childlessness, effeteness, impotence, desolateness, unfruitfulness, bleakness, emptiness, aridness, aridity, agenesis, unfructuosity. Ant. fertility*, fruitfulness,… … English dictionary for students
barrenness — bar·ren·ness || bærÉ™nɪ n. sterility, infertility; desolateness, emptiness … English contemporary dictionary
