C'hloris

Flora ha Zefiros, gant William Bouguereau (1875)

C'hloris (χλωρις / Khlôris e gregach) zo un nimfenn eus Inizi ar Wenvidïen ( a vije Inizi Kanariez hiriv, gouez da lod).

Zefiros a garas anezhi, he skrapas, hag a zimezas ganti, hag a viras anezhi e barr he yaouankiz, ma roas dezhi rouantelezh ar bleuñv. E miz Mae eo e voe o c'harantez en he bleuñv ha ne ankounac'ha ket ar varzhed , pa reont anv eus tro ar bloaz hag e goulzoù-amzer, da reiñ lec'h d'an daou bried-se e lidambroug an Nevezamzer. Ur mab o doe, Karpos e anv.

E latin

Flora e oa hec'h anv e latin. Azeulet e veze gant ar Sabined, ha ganto e voe kaset he lidoù da Roma, ma veze graet lidoù dezhi da-geñver C'hoarioù Flora.

"Pa gomz e vez he diweuz o sunañ roz an nevezhañv: Chloris e oa, ha Flora on bremañ." Ovidius

Chloris (Nymph)

Chloris was a Nymph associated with spring, flowers and new growth. Her Roman equivalent was the goddess Flora. She was abducted by (and later married to) Zephyrus, the west wind, who gave her dominion over spring. Together they had a son, Carpus. Carpus means "fruit" in Ancient Greek, and the natural metaphor formed by the three can be seen in the following quote: "Zephyros... the personification of the West Wind which brings with it freshness and rain in the spring. He would unite with Chloris, goddess of the new vegetation, from which sprout the fresh fruits of the soil."

Chloris's festival, Floralia, was celebrated on April 28 to May 1 until the 4th century.

Chloris (Meliboea)

Meliboea was one of Niobe and Amphion's fourteen children (the Niobids), and the only one (or one of the few) spared when Artemis and Apollo killed the Niobids in retribution for Niobe's insult to their mother Leto, bragging that she had many children and Leto had only two. Meliboea was so frightened by the ordeal, she turned permanently pale, changing her name to Chloris ("pale one"). This Chloris is referred to in Homer's Odyssey (book 11, lines 281-296).

She was later to marry to Neleus and become queen in Pylos. They had several sons including Nestor, Alastor and Chromius and a daughter Pero. Chloris also had a son, Poriclymenus while married to Neleus, though by some accounts Poriclymenus's father was Poseidon (who was himself Neleus's father). Poseidon gave Poriclymenus the ability to transform into any animal. Other children include Taurus, Asterius, Pylaon, Deimachus, Eurybius, Phrasius, Eurymenes, Evagoras and Epilaus.

Odysseus is said to have encountered Chloris on his journey to Hades (Homer's Odyssey, 11, 281ff).

C'hloris (mamm Mopsus)

Dimeziñ a eure C'hloris d'an diouganer Ampyx (mab da Elatus), ha digantañ he doe ur mab, Mopsus, a voe un diouganer brudet ivez, hag a yeas da-heul an Argonaoted.

Gerdarzh

Donet a ra anv Chloris eus ar gregach Khloros a dalv kement ha "melen-glas," "glas-sklaer," "gwenn-glas" pe "fresk."

Anezhañ ez eus deuet un toullad gerioù anavezet er yezhoù europeat bras (saozneg, galleg, ha yezhoù latin) :

• an anv plac'h Chloe - a dalv "egin glas"; un anv all roet da z-Demeter, doueez al labour-douar en Hellaz.
• Chlorophyll - a green pigment involved in photosynthesis in plants.
• Chlorine - a chemical element that as a gas is greenish-yellow in color.
• Chlorella - a kind of single-celled green algae, used as a source of protein and B vitamins.
• Chlorosis - an antiquated term for anemia characterized by a green color to the skin, also known as "greensickness", which would probably be called iron deficiency anemia today.
• Chlorosis, in botany is a condition in which plant foliage produces insufficient chlorophyll.