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ἐπίγειος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίγειος ἐπίγειον

Structure: ἐπιγει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ge/a, gh=

Sense

  1. terrestrial

Examples

  • τοὺσ μὲν ἐξ ὁμοτίμων ποιησάμενοσ, ἐνίουσ δὲ νόθουσ ἐκ τοῦ θνητοῦ καὶ ἐπιγείου γένουσ, ἄρτι μὲν ὁ γεννάδασ γενόμενοσ χρυσόσ, ἄρτι δὲ ταῦροσ ἢ κύκνοσ ἢ ἀετόσ, καὶ ὅλωσ ποικιλώτεροσ αὐτοῦ Πρωτέωσ· (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 5:5)
  • Ἡράκλειτοσ καὶ οἱ Στωικοὶ τρέφεσθαι τοὺσ ἀστέρασ ἐκ τῆσ ἐπιγείου ἀναθυμιάσεωσ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. terrestrial

Related

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

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