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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

  • καλεῖται δὲ χῶμα διαλέκτῳ τῇ Λατίνων, ἐνταῦθα κατασκευάζεται κατάγειοσ οἶκοσ οὐ μέγασ, ἔχων ἄνωθεν κατάβασιν. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 10 5:1)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῦ κατάγειόσ ἐστι θέα, τὰ δ’ ὑπερῶοσ, μέση δὲ ἡ νενομισμένη. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:11)

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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