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ἐπιχώριος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιχώριος ἐπιχωρίᾱ ἐπιχώριον

Structure: ἐπιχωρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xw/ra

Sense

  1. in or of the country, (of persons) native
  2. (of things) of or used in the country, custom, fashion

Examples

  • δὴ οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ κατ’ ἄλλο μέν τι χρέοσ, ἧκον δὲ ὅμωσ ἐσ τὰ χωρία ἐκεῖνα, καὶ ‐ ἔδει γὰρ ἀναπλεῖν κατὰ τὸν Ἠριδανόν ‐ οὔτ’ αἰγείρουσ εἶδον πάνυ περισκοπῶν οὔτε τὸ ἤλεκτρον, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τοὔνομα τοῦ Φαέθοντοσ ᾔδεσαν οἱ ἐπιχώριοι. (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 2:2)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν μῦθον ἤκουσασ, ὃν λέγουσιν οἱ ἐπιχώριοι περὶ αὐτῆσ, ὡσ ἐρασθείη τισ τοῦ ἀγάλματοσ καὶ λαθὼν ὑπολειφθεὶσ ἐν ἱερῷ συγγένοιτο, ὡσ δυνατὸν ἀγάλματι. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 4:5)
  • κατὰ δὲ τὸν Ἀνθεστηριῶνα καὶ Ἐλαφηβολιῶνα λέγουσιν οἱ ἐπιχώριοι διότι πέμπει ἡ Βόλβη τὴν ἀπόπυριν Ὀλύνθῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 114)
  • ὡσ δὲ τὰ ἐόντα ἐπεδείκνυν, οὕτω δὴ ἐκ τῶν παρεόντων ἐπισιτισάμενοι ἀνήγοντο, καὶ ὁρμίζονται πρὸσ ἄκρῃ, ἥντινα οἱ ἐπιχώριοι ἱρὴν Ἡλίου ἦγον· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 28 9:1)
  • ταύτην ἱρὴν Ἡλίου ἔλεγον εἶναι οἱ ἐπιχώριοι καὶ Νόσαλα καλέεσθαι, οὐδέ τινα ἀνθρώπων καταίρειν ἐθέλειν ἐσ αὐτήν· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 31 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. in or of the country

  2. of or used in the country

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