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

  • ὦ χθόνιοι θεοί, σώσατε παῖδ’ ἐμόν, ὃσ μόνοσ οἴκων ἄγκυρ’ ἔτ’ ἐμῶν τὴν χιονώδη Θρῄκην κατέχει ξείνου πατρίου φυλακαῖσιν. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 1:3)
  • ἀλλά, χθόνιοι δαίμονεσ ἁγνοί, Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τ’ ἐνέρων, πέμψατ’ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐσ φῶσ· (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, anapests2)
  • ὦ πόλισ, ὦ γῆ, καὶ λευκὸν ὕδωρ, ὕπατοί τε θεοί, καὶ βαρύτιμοι χθόνιοι θήκασ κατέχοντεσ, καὶ Ζεὺσ σωτὴρ τρίτοσ, οἰκοφύλαξ ὁσίων ἀνδρῶν, δέξασθ’ ἱκέτην τὸν θηλυγενῆ στόλον αἰδοίῳ πνεύματι χώρασ· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, lyric 1:5)
  • ἀλλὰ κλύοντεσ, μάκαρεσ χθόνιοι, τῆσδε κατευχῆσ πέμπετ’ ἀρωγὴν παισὶν προφρόνωσ ἐπὶ νίκῃ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, anapests1)
  • ἀμφὶ δὲ τήνγε ὀξείῃ ὑλακῇ χθόνιοι κύνεσ ἐφθέγγοντο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 20:16)

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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