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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίγαιος ἐπίγαιον
Genitive ἐπιγαίου ἐπιγαίου
Dative ἐπιγαίῳ ἐπιγαίῳ
Accusative ἐπίγαιον ἐπίγαιον
Vocative ἐπίγαιε ἐπίγαιον
DualN/A/V ἐπιγαίω ἐπιγαίω
G/D ἐπιγαίοιν ἐπιγαίοιν
PluralNominative ἐπίγαιοι ἐπίγαια
Genitive ἐπιγαίων ἐπιγαίων
Dative ἐπιγαίοις ἐπιγαίοις
Accusative ἐπιγαίους ἐπίγαια
Vocative ἐπίγαιοι ἐπίγαια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίγαιος ἐπιγαίου ἐπιγαιώτερος ἐπιγαιωτέρου ἐπιγαιώτατος ἐπιγαιωτάτου
Adverb ἐπιγαίως ἐπιγαιώτερον ἐπιγαιώτατα

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

  • τίν’ ἄνδρ’ Ἀχαιῶν ὁ πεδοστιβὴσ σφαγεὺσ οὐτάσει ἐν κλισίαισ, τετράπουν μῖμον ἔχων ἐπιγαίου θηρόσ; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • 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

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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