Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐγχώριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχώριος ἐγχώριον

Structure: ἐγχωρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xw/ra

Sense

  1. in or of the country
  2. a dweller in, inhabitant
  3. according to the custom of the country

Examples

  • τῆσ γὰρ ἂν ἀγχοτάτω τε ᾖ χώρησ οὗτοσ ὁ θεὸσ καὶ κατὰ ἥντινα, ταύτην οἰκὸσ διψῆν τε ὑδάτων μάλιστα καὶ τὰ ἐγχώρια ῥεύματα μαραίνεσθαι τῶν ποταμῶν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 24 3:2)
  • Ἀνδρόγεω δὲ ὄντα ἴσασιν οἷσ ἐστιν ἐπιμελὲσ τὰ ἐγχώρια σαφέστερον ἄλλων ἐπίστασθαι. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 1 9:5)
  • τῆσ δὲ Ἐπιδαυρίασ ἔχονται Τροιζήνιοι, σεμνύνοντεσ εἴπερ καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲσ τὰ ἐγχώρια· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 30 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. in or of the country

  2. a dweller in

  3. according to the custom of the country

Related

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

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