Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γάιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γάιος γάιη γάιον

Structure: γαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. on land

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • γαῖα δὲ δακρύσαντι χαριζομένη βασιλῆι ἄνθοσ ἀνηέξησε, παραίφασιν Ἀπόλλωνοσ, ἄνθοσ ἀριζήλοιο φερώνυμον ἡβητῆροσ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1116)
  • Ἀδμήτῳ δέ τινι ποιητῇ φαύλῳ λέγοντι γεγραφέναι μονόστιχον ἐπίγραμμα, ὅπερ ἐν ταῖσ διαθήκαισ κεκέλευκεν ἐπιγραφῆναι αὑτοῦ τῇ στήλῃ ‐ ‐ οὐ χεῖρον δὲ καὶ αὐτὸ εἰπεῖν, Γαῖα λάβ’ Ἀδμήτου ἔλυτρον, βῆ δ’ εἰσ θεὸν αὐτόσ ‐ γελάσασ εἶπεν, Οὕτω καλόν ἐστιν, ὦ Ἄδμητε, τὸ ἐπίγραμμα, ὥστε ἐβουλόμην αὐτὸ ἤδη ἐπιγεγράφθαι. (Lucian, (no name) 44:1)
  • περιστονάχησε δὲ γαῖα. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 32:5)
  • ναυσὶ δ’ εὐπύμνοισ παραὶ μάρναντ’, ἐναριζομένων δ’ ἔρ]ευθε φώτων αἵμα]τι γαῖα μέλαινα Ἑκτορ]έασ ὑπὸ χειρόσ, πῆμα μ]έγ’ ἡμιθέοισ ! (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 13 32:2)
  • ὦ γαῖα πατρίσ, πῶσ ἂν ἐνθάνοιμί σοι; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 1:26)
  • τοιῷ[δ’ ὑπερθύ]μῳ σ[θένε]ι γυια[λκέα σώ]ματα [πρὸσ γ]αίᾳ πελάσσασ ἵκετ’ [Ἀσωπὸ]ν παρὰ πορφυροδίναν, τοῦ κ[λέοσ π]ᾶσαν χθόνα ἦλθε[ν καὶ] ἐπ’ ἔσχατα Νείλου· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 5:1)
  • οὐκ εἶδέ νιν ἀέλιοσ κείνῳ γε σὺν ἄματι πρὸσ γαίᾳ πεσόντα. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. on land

Related

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

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