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κατάγαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατάγαιος κατάγαιον

Structure: καταγαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: κατάγειος, κατάγειον의 이오니아 방언

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Examples

  • κατὰ τοὺσ νομάδασ δὲ ἐστὶ τούτων οὐδέν, ἀλλ’ ἄλλα τοιάδε, πύγαργοι καὶ ζορκάδεσ καὶ βουβάλιεσ καὶ ὄνοι, οὐκ οἱ τὰ κέρεα ἔχοντεσ ἀλλ’ ἄλλοι ἄποτοι οὐ γὰρ δὴ πίνουσι, καὶ ὄρυεσ, τῶν τὰ κέρεα τοῖσι φοίνιξι οἱ πήχεεσ ποιεῦνται μέγαθοσ δὲ τὸ θηρίον τοῦτο κατὰ βοῦν ἐστι, καὶ βασσάρια καὶ ὑαίναι καὶ ὕστριχεσ καὶ κριοὶ ἄγριοι καὶ δίκτυεσ καὶ θῶεσ καὶ πάνθηρεσ καὶ βόρυεσ, καὶ κροκόδειλοι ὅσον τε τριπήχεεσ χερσαῖοι, τῇσι σαύρῃσι ἐμφερέστατοι, καὶ στρουθοὶ κατάγαιοι, καὶ ὄφιεσ μικροί, κέρασ ἓν ἕκαστοσ ἔχοντεσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 192 1:1)

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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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