Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐγχθόνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχθόνιος ἐγχθόνιον

Structure: ἐγχθονι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. in or of the country

Examples

  • Πὰν ὁ παρωρείτησ, αὐτόξυλοσ, ἀρνεοθοίνησ εἰμί, καὶ ἐγχθονίου γλευκοπότησ κύλικοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 235 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. in or of the country

Similar forms

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

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