χηρ-εία, ἡ,
widowhood, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.45, LXX.Mic.1.16, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.31, etc.: _plural_, χηρείαις τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον μείνασα “IG” 14.1960.5. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, want, διὰ χηρείαν ἐπιστήμης [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.358; νόθῳ κόσμῳ χηρείᾳ γνησίου [prev. author] 2.492. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]