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χθονοστιβής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χθονοστιβής χθονοστιβές

Structure: χθονοστιβη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: stei/bw

Sense

  1. treading the earth

Examples

  • ὦ πάντα νωμῶν Τειρεσία, διδακτά τε ἄρρητά τ’, οὐράνιά τε καὶ χθονοστιβῆ, πόλιν μέν, εἰ καὶ μὴ βλέπεισ, φρονεῖσ δ’ ὅμωσ οἱᾴ νόσῳ σύνεστιν· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. treading the earth

Similar forms

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

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