Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κατάγειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατάγειος κατάγειον

Structure: καταγει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gh=

Sense

  1. in or under the earth, underground, subterranean

Examples

  • αἱ δ’ οἰκίαι ἦσαν κατάγειοι, τὸ μὲν στόμα ὥσπερ φρέατοσ, κάτω δ’ εὐρεῖαι· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 26:1)

Synonyms

  1. in or under the earth

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

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