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ἐγχώριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχώριος ἐγχώριον

Structure: ἐγχωρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xw/ra

Sense

in or of the country
a dweller in, inhabitant
according to the custom of the country

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐγχώριος	ἐγχώριον
	Genitive	ἐγχωρίου	ἐγχωρίου
	Dative	ἐγχωρίῳ	ἐγχωρίῳ
	Accusative	ἐγχώριον	ἐγχώριον
	Vocative	ἐγχώριε	ἐγχώριον
Dual	N/A/V	ἐγχωρίω	ἐγχωρίω
Dual	G/D	ἐγχωρίοιν	ἐγχωρίοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἐγχώριοι	ἐγχώρια
	Genitive	ἐγχωρίων	ἐγχωρίων
	Dative	ἐγχωρίοις	ἐγχωρίοις
	Accusative	ἐγχωρίους	ἐγχώρια
	Vocative	ἐγχώριοι	ἐγχώρια

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἐγχώριος ἐγχωρίου	ἐγχωριότερος ἐγχωριοτέρου	ἐγχωριότατος ἐγχωριοτάτου
Adverb	ἐγχωρίως	ἐγχωριότερον	ἐγχωριότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

μαρτύρομαι τὰσ σεμνὰσ θεάσ, ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ τὸν τόπον ὃν ἐκεῖναι κατέχουσι, καὶ τοὺσ ἡρ́ωασ τοὺσ ἐγχωρίουσ, καὶ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν τὴν Πολιάδα καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ θεοὺσ οἳ τὴν χώραν καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν εἰλήχασιν, ὅτι τοῦ δήμου παραδεδωκότοσ ὑμῖν τιμωρήσασθαι τὸν εἰληφότα τι τῶνκατὰ τῆσ πατρίδοσ, τὸν λελυμασμένον καὶ ἐφθαρκότα τὴν τῆσ πόλεωσ εὐδαιμονίαν, τὸν περικεχαρακωμένην προδεδωκότα τὴν πατρίδα ταῖσ αὑτοῦ συμβουλίαισ, [ὃν] οἱ μὲν ἐχθροὶ καὶ κακόνοι τῇ πόλει ζῆν ἂν βούλοιντο, συμφορὰν ἡγούμενοι τῆσ πόλεωσ εἶναι, ὅσοι δὲ εὖνοι τοῖσ ὑμετέροισ πράγμασι, καὶ μεταπεσούσησ τῆσ τύχησ ἐλπίζουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ἂν τὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ πράγματ’ ἐλθεῖν, τὴν ἀξίαν δίκην δόντα τῶν πεπραγμένων ἀπολωλέναι βούλονται, καὶ ταῦτ’ εὔχονται τοῖσ θεοῖσ· (Dinarchus, Speeches, 78:1)
κἀν τῷδε πᾶσ τισ, ὡσ ὁρᾷ βουφόρβια πίπτοντα καὶ πορθούμεν’, ἐξωπλίζετο, κόχλουσ τε φυσῶν συλλέγων τ’ ἐγχωρίουσ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 4:3)
φασι τοὺσ ἐγχωρίουσ ὑποπίνειν προσιόντασ, ἁλμώδεισ δ’ ἅμα τῷ ὀξεῖ ἐν Σικανοῖσ τῆσ Σικελίασ, ἐν τῇ Καρχηδονίων δὲ ἐπικρατείᾳ κρήνη ἐστὶν ᾗ τὸ ἐφιστάμενον ἐλαίῳ ἐστὶν ὅμοιον, μελάντερον δὲ τὴν χρόαν ὃ ἀποσφαιροῦντεσ χρῶνται πρὸσ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰ κτήνη, καὶ παρ’ ἄλλοισ δ’ εἰσὶ λίποσ ἔχουσαι τοιοῦτον, ὡσ ἡ ἐν Ἀσίᾳ, ὑπὲρ ἧσ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἐπέστειλεν ὡσ ἐλαίου κρήνην εὑρηκώσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 17 1:1)
μάρτυρασ δὲ θεοὺσ τούσ τε ὁρκίουσ τότε γενομένουσ ποιούμενοι καὶ τοὺσ ὑμετέρουσ πατρῴουσ καὶ ἡμετέρουσ ἐγχωρίουσ λέγομεν ὑμῖν, γῆν τὴν Πλαταιίδα μὴ ἀδικεῖν μηδὲ παραβαίνειν τοὺσ ὁρ́κουσ, ἐᾶν δὲ οἰκεῖν αὐτονόμουσ, ὥσπερ Παυσανίασ ἐδικαίωσε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 36 2:2)
καλοῦσι δὲ οἱ Κρῆτεσ τοὺσ μὲν κατὰ πόλιν οἰκέτασ χρυσωνήτουσ, ἀμφαμιώτασ δὲ τοὺσ κατ’ ἀγρὸν ἐγχωρίουσ μὲν ὄντασ, δουλωθέντασ δὲ κατὰ πόλεμον διὰ τὸ κληρωθῆναι δὲ κλαρώτασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:30)

Synonyms

in or of the country
- ἀγρεῖος (of or in the country)
- ἄγροικος (of or in the country)
- ἐγχθόνιος (in or of the country)
- αὐτόχθονος (country and all)
- ἀναρπαστός (carried up the country)
- φιλάγραυλος (fond of the country)
- ληινόμος (dwelling in the country)
- γαιήοχος (protecting the country)
- χωρογράφος (describing countries)
- ἐπιχώριος (in or of the country, native)
- ἐνδάπιος (native of the country)
- χθόνιος (in or of the country, native)
- χωρογραφικός (of or for the description of countries)
a dweller in
- κάτοικος ( inhabiting)
- οἰκητός (inhabited)
according to the custom of the country
- ἐπιχώριος ( of or used in the country, custom, fashion)

πολλαχόθι (in many places)
πανοίκιος (with all one's house)
ἔκνομος (outlawed)
φιλοξενία (hospitality)
παραδόσιμος (handed down)
Σικᾱνός (a Sican or Sicanian)
παραποτάμιος (beside a river)
οἰωνοσκόπος ()
Λιβυρνός (one of the Liburni)
Λιβυρνοί (the Liburnians)
καταφθείρω (to destroy or spoil utterly)
κυριεύω (to be lord or master of)
ὑδρεῖον (a water-bucket)
πλοιάριον (a skiff)
κροκόδειλος (lizard)
μυθογράφος (a writer of legends)
Σηλυμβριανός (an inhabitant of Selymbria or Silivri)
συνεργία (joint working)
χόρτασμα (fodder)
ἀποικισμός (the settlement of a colony)
εὐημερία (fineness of the day)
Ὀπικοί (the Opici)
μεσόγαιος (inland)
σποράδην (scatteredly)
χωρίτης (a countryman)
Δίκτυννα (goddess of the chase)
Νῦσα ()
ἱερόδουλος (hierodule)
φλέγρα (Phlegra)
εὐκρασία (a good temperature)

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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ἐγχώριος

Sense

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in or of the country

a dweller in

according to the custom of the country

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Sense

Declension

Examples

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in or of the country

a dweller in

according to the custom of the country

Related

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