χθόνιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1727</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1201</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>345</span> (lyr.): ([[χθών]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[in the earth]], [[under the earth]], or [[beneath the earth]], [[θεός]], [[δαίμων]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 767</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>522</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">Ἄϊδα στόμα</b>, of the [[cavern]] at [[Taenarus]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1727</span> (lyr.); χθονία [[λίμνη]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>902</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">Ζεὺς χθόνιος</b>, of [[Hades]] or [[Pluto]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>465</span>; <b class="b3">κτύπησε Ζεὺς χθόνιος</b>, of [[noise]] from [[beneath]] the [[earth]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1606</span>; βροντήματα χθόνια <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>994</span>; ἠχὼ χθόνιος ὡς βροντὴ Διός E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> [[l.c.]], cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1750</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">χθόνιοι θεοί</b> [[god]]s [[of the nether world]], opp. [[ὕπατοι]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>89</span> (anap.), etc.; χ. δαίμονες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>628</span> (anap.); [[χθόνιοι]] alone, μᾶνις χθονίων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.159</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>641</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span> 399</span> (lyr.), al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>828c</span>, <span class="bibl">959d</span> (but Ion. <b class="b3">χθονίη, ἡ,</b> earlier name of [[Γῆ]], <span class="bibl">Pherecyd.Syr.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>124b</span>is; <b class="b3">χθόνιαι θεαί</b>, i.e. [[Demeter]] and [[Persephone]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.134</span>, <span class="bibl">7.153</span>; of the [[Erinyes]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1568</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">χθόνιος Ἅιδας, χθόνιος Ἅιδης</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>237</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>544</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">χθόνιος Ἑρμῆς</b>, as [[conductor]] of the [[dead]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>111</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>832</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 1145</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arist.</span>21</span>; χ. [[πορεία]], opp. [[οὐρανία]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>619e</span>; <b class="b3">χθονίᾳ φρενί</b>, of the dead, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.101</span>; χ. Ἑκάτη <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>500</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">χάρις ἡ χ</b>. grace [[with the gods below]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1752</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">χθονία φάμα</b> [[rumour]] that is [[hear]]d in the [[world]] [[below]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1066</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sprung from the earth]], Τιτῆνες <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>697</span>; of [[Echion]], one of the Theban [[γηγενεῖς]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>541</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Paus.9.5.3</span>, etc.; but also of [[mankind]], <b class="b3">ὁ χθόνιος ἄνθρωπος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὁ ἐν οὐρανῷ . . λαχὼν τὴν ὑπόστασιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.765</span> S. Adv. [[χθονίως]] = [[in an earthly manner]], opp. [[οὐρανίως]], Id.<span class="title">Sacr.</span> p.148 B. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[in the country]] or [[of the country]], [[θεοί]], [[ἡρῷσσαι]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>79</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1322</span>; [[native]], Ἄρεος . . πάγον . . ξυνῄδη χθόνιον ὄντα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>948</span>; γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπ' Ἐρεχθειδᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>202</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of things, [[of the earth]], <b class="b3">χθονία κόνις</b> (sed leg. [[γαΐα]], Hsch.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>736</span> (codd., lyr.); opp. [[ἀέριος]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>27.4</span> (lyr.); [[πρηστήρ]] χθόνιος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395a10</span>.—Poet. word, used once or twice in Pl. and in late Prose (v. supr.).</span>