ἐπιχθόνιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, Ep. Adj., (χθών) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[upon the earth]], [[earthly]], freq. in Hom., as [[epithet]] of [[ἄνθρωποι]], [[ἄνδρες]], [[βροτοί]], <span class="bibl">Od.8.479</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.266</span>,<span class="bibl">272</span> : abs., [[ἐπιχθόνιοι]] [[earthly ones]], [[men on earth]] (cf. [[χαμαί]]), opp. <b class="b3">ἐπουράνιοι θεοί</b>, <span class="bibl">24.220</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.50</span>, <span class="bibl">B.4.15</span>, etc.; so ἐ. γένος ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 213.3</span>; ἐ. δαίμονες [[who haunt the earth]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>123</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pl., [[natives]] of a country, <span class="bibl">D.P.459</span>,<span class="bibl">1093</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[terrestrial]], opp. marine, ἑρπετόν <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.425</span>.</span>