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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

  • ἱερὰν χθονίαισ δεξάμεναι λαμπάδα κοῦραι ξὺν ἐλευθέρᾳ πατρίδι χορεύσασθε βοάν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, lyric1)

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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