Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χθόνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χθόνιος χθόνιᾱ χθόνιον

Structure: χθονι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xqw/n

Sense

  1. in, under or beneath the earth, subterranean, of the nether world, with, gods below
  2. of or from the earth
  3. in or of the country, native
  4. of the earth

Examples

  • Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε πατρῷ’ ἐποπτεύων κράτη, σωτὴρ γενοῦ μοι σύμμαχόσ τ’ αἰτουμένῳ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene8)
  • Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε πατρῷ’ ἐποπτεύων κράτη. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene23)
  • <Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε, πατρῷ’ ἐποπτεύων κράτη, σωτὴρ γενοῦ μοι ξύμμαχόσ τ’ αἰτουμένῳ· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 1:1)
  • κῆρυξ μέγιστε τῶν ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω, <ἄρηξον,> Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε, κηρύξασ ἐμοὶ τοὺσ γῆσ ἔνερθε δαίμονασ κλύειν ἐμὰσ εὐχάσ, πατρῴων δωμάτων ἐπισκόπουσ, καὶ Γαῖαν αὐτήν, ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται, θρέψασά τ’ αὖθισ τῶνδε κῦμα λαμβάνει· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 3:17)

Synonyms

  1. in

  2. of or from the earth

  3. in or of the country

  4. of the earth

Related

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

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