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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

  • τὴν δὲ αἰτίαν τῆσ ἐπωνυμίασ καὶ ἀνθ̓ ὅτου ἐσ τοὺσ ἡρ́ωασ κατελέγη καὶ τῶν Ἀσκληπιαδῶν εἷσ ἔδοξεν, οὐ χεῖρον ἴσωσ διηγήσασθαι, ὡσ μάθητε οὐ Σκύθαισ μόνον ἐπιχώριον ὂν ἀπαθανατίζειν καὶ πέμπειν παρὰ τὸν Ζάμολξιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἀθηναίοισ ἐξεῖναι θεοποιεῖν τοὺσ Σκύθασ ἐπὶ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ. (Lucian, Scytha 2:2)
  • καὶ μὴν τί ἄλλο οὕτωσ Ἀθηναίοισ ἐπιχώριον ὡσ τουτὶ τοὔνομα, φαῖεν ἂν οἵ γε σοῦ μᾶλλον τὰ τοιαῦτα εἰδότεσ· (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 8:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἁμὶν οὐκ ἐπιχώριον. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode, lyric 2:46)
  • εἶτ’ οὐ ξυνίησ τὴν ἐπίνοιαν τοῦ θεοῦ φράζουσαν ὦ σκαιότατέ σοι σαφέστατα ἀσκεῖν τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐπιχώριον τρόπον; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Prologue 1:26)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ τὸν ἐπιχώριον ὀμοῦμαί σοι ἐν τῷ ἐμαυτοῦ λόγῳ. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 11:16)
  • οὔκουν ἐπιχώριόν γε πρᾶγμ’ ἐργάζεται. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode13)

Synonyms

  1. in or of the country

  2. of or used in the country

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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