Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Γαιήιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Γαιήιος Γαιήιη Γαιήιον

Structure: Γαιηι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Gai=a

Sense

  1. sprung from Gaia or Earth

Examples

  • τῆμοσ δὲ σὺ μὲν δεδμημένοσ ὕπνῳ λέξεαι, οἱ δ’ ἐλόωσι γαλήνην, ὄφρ’ ἂν ἵκηαι πατρίδα σὴν καὶ δῶμα, καὶ εἴ πού τοι φίλον ἐστίν, εἴ περ καὶ μάλα πολλὸν ἑκαστέρω ἔστ’ Εὐβοίησ, τήν περ τηλοτάτω φάσ’ ἔμμεναι, οἵ μιν ἴδοντο λαῶν ἡμετέρων, ὅτε τε ξανθὸν Ῥαδάμανθυν ἦγον ἐποψόμενον Τιτυὸν Γαιήιον υἱόν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 29:2)
  • Ὅμηροσ δέ φησιν ὅτι οἱ Φαίηκεσ τὸν Ῥαδάμανθυν εἰσ Εὔβοιαν "ἤγαγον, "ὀψόμενον Τιτυὸν γαιήϊον υἱόν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 3 21:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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