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===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γῆ]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[ἔδαφος]], τό, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γαῖα]], ἡ, [[χθών]], ἡ, [[πέδον]], τό, [[δάπεδον]], τό ([[Euripides]], ''[[Ion]]'', 576, ''[[Orestes]]'' 1645) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[οὖδας]], τό.

[[land for cultivating]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γῆ]], ἡ, [[ἀγρός]], ὁ (or pl.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄρουρα]], ἡ ([[Plato]] also but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[γύαι]], οἱ.

[[on the ground]]: use adv., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χαμαί]], [[πέδοι]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[sleeping on the ground]], adj.: [[verse|V.]] [[χαμαικοίτης]],

[[fallen on the ground]]: [[verse|V.]] [[χαμαιπετής]].

[[walking the ground]]: [[verse|V.]] [[πεδοστιβής]], [[χθονοστιβής]].

[[to the ground]]: use adv., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χαμᾶζε]], [[verse|V.]] [[πέδονδε]], [[ἔραζε]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''Fragment'').

[[from the ground]]: [[verse|V.]] [[γῆθεν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[χαμᾶθεν]].

[[under the ground]]: see [[underground]].

[[he is an enemy to the whole city and the very ground it stands on]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐχθρός ἐστιν ὅλῃ τῇ πόλει καὶ τῷ τῆς πόλεως ἐδάφει]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 99).

[[the city stood on high ground]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἡ πόλις ἦν ἐφ' ὑψηλῶν χωρίων]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 97).

Met., [[excuse]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρόφασις]], ἡ.

[[reason]], [[plea]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λόγος]], ὁ.

[[cause]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αἰτία]], ἡ.

[[principle]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρχή]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[ὑπόθεσις]], ἡ.

[[ground for]], [[pretext for]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφορμή]], ἡ (gen.).

[[on the ground of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατά]] (acc.).

[[on all grounds]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πανταχῆ]].

[[on neither ground]]: [[prose|P.]] [[κατ' οὐδέτερον]].

[[on what ground]]? [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκ τίνος λόγου]];

[[why]]? [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τί]]; [[τοῦ χάριν]]; [[prose|P.]] [[τοῦ ἕνεκα]]; [[διὰ τί]]; [[verse|V.]] [[πρὸς τί]]; [[εἰς τί]]; [[τί χρῆμα]]; [[τίνος χάριν]]; [[τίνος ἕκατι]]; [[ἐκ τοῦ]]; see [[why]].

[[go over old ground constantly]]: [[prose|P.]] [[θάμα μεταστρέφεσθαι ἐπὶ τὰ εἰρημένα]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Cratylus]]'' 428D).

[[gain ground]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προχωρεῖν]].

[[lose ground]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλασσοῦσθαι]].

[[stand one's ground]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑφίστασθαι]], [[μένειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[μένειν κατὰ χώραν]].

[[recover ground lost through indolence]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ κατερρᾳθυμημένα πάλιν ἀναλαμβάνειν]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 42).

===verb transitive===

[[secure]], [[make firm]]: [[prose|P.]] [[βεβαιοῦν]].

[[plant]], [[fix]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πηγνύναι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐρείδειν]], [[ἀντερείδειν]].

[[ground arms]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὅπλα τίθεσθαι]].

[[instruct]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διδάσκειν]], [[παιδεύειν]]; see [[instruct]].

[[run]] (a [[ship]]) [[aground]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀκέλλειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐποκέλλειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[κέλλειν]], [[ἐξοκέλλειν]].

[[run aground]], '''verb intransitive''': [[prose|P.]] [[ὀκέλλειν]], [[ἐποκέλλειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξοκέλλειν]].

[[ground on]] (as a [[ship]] on a [[reef]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πταίειν πρός]] (dat.).

===adjective===

of [[corn]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀληλεμένος]], [[ἀληλεσμένος]].
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