χωρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χωρί (khōrí)

Etymology

An isolated adverbial formation from χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “space”), initially meaning "in another, separate space or place".^[1]

Adverb

χωρίς • (khōrís)

1. separately, differently

Preposition

χωρίς • (khōrís) (governs the genitive)

1. without, otherwise

Derived terms

• χωρίζω (khōrízō, “to divide, separate”)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χώρα (> DER > Isolated χωρίς)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1654-5

Further reading

• “χωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “χωρίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χωρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χωρίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χωρίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5565 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.
  • apart idem, page 33.
  • apart from idem, page 33.
  • asunder idem, page 48.
  • beside idem, page 75.
  • default idem, page 203.
  • except idem, page 288.
  • exclusive idem, page 289.
  • independently idem, page 432.
  • separately idem, page 754.
  • sunder idem, page 838.
  • without idem, page 984.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χωρίς (khōrís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoˈɾis/

Preposition

χωρίς • (chorís) (+ accusative)

1. without, -less, -free

   χωρίς γλουτένη ― chorís glouténi ― gluten-free

   ένα ούζο χωρίς πάγο ― éna oúzo chorís págo ― one ouzo without ice

   δρόμος χωρίς διόδια ― drómos chorís diódia ― tollfree road

Synonyms

• δίχως (díchos)
• άνευ (ánef)

Antonyms

• με (me, “with”)

Derived terms

• χωρίζω (chorízo, “to divide, separate”)

References

χωρίς - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

• χωρίς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language