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ἐπιχθόνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιχθόνιος ἐπιχθόνιον

Structure: ἐπιχθονι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. upon the earth, earthly, mortals, earthly ones, men on earth

Examples

  • χαλεπὸν θεῶν παρατρέψαι νόον ἄνδρεσσιν ἐπιχθονίοισ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 7:9)
  • αἵδε μὲν ἡμέραι εἰσιν ἐπιχθονίοισ μέγ’ ὄνειαρ, αἱ δ’ ἄλλαι μετάδουποι, ἀκήριοι, οὔ τι φέρουσαι. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 102:1)
  • Φοίβου γὰρ αὐτὸν φᾶ γεγάκειν πατρόσ, περὶ θνατῶν δ’ ἔσεσθαι μάντιν ἐπιχθονίοισ ἔξοχον, οὐδέ ποτ’ ἐκλείψειν γενεάν. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 6 15:2)
  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν Πανσθενὲσ υἱὲ Θεοῦ, Χριστέ, προάναρχε ἁπάντων, πᾶσιν ἐπιχθονίοισ σωτήρια νάματα βλύζων, μητρὸσ ἀπειρογάμοιο τεῆσ λιτέων ἐπακούων, σὴν χάριν ἄμμιν ὄπαζε καὶ ἐν μύθοισ καὶ ἐν ἔργοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 271)

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

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