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ἐπίγαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίγαιος ἐπίγαιον

Structure: ἐπιγαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gh=, gai=a

Sense

  1. upon the earth, the parts on or near the ground

Examples

  • ἐξεποιήθη δ’ ὦν τὰ ἀνώτατα αὐτῆσ πρῶτα, μετὰ δὲ τὰ ἐχόμενα τούτων ἐξεποίευν, τελευταῖα δὲ αὐτῆσ τὰ ἐπίγαια καὶ τὰ κατωτάτω ἐξεποίησαν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 125 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. upon the earth

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

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