χερσαῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=χερσαία, χερσαῖον, also [[χερσαῖος]], χερσαῖον Lyc.534: ([[χέρσος]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[from dry land]] or [[of dry land]], [[living on dry land]] or [[found dry land]], <b class="b3">ὄρνιθες χερσαῖοι</b>, opp. [[λιμναῖος|λιμναῖοι]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.119; [[κροκόδειλος|κροκόδειλοι]] Id.4.192; <b class="b3">ζῷα χερσαῖα</b>, opp. [[θαλάσσιος|θαλάσσια]], [[πετεινός|πετεινά]], Id.2.123, cf. Pl. ''Ti.''40a; [[χελώνη χερσαία]], opp. [[χελώνη θαλασσία]], v. [[χελώνη]]; μύες χ., Arist.''Mir.'' 842b7; [[ὄφεις]], opp. [[θαλάττιαι]], Id.''HA''505b9; ἡ [[χερσαία]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[θήρα]]) [[hunt]]ing of [[land]]-[[animal]]s, opp. [[fishing]], Pl.''Sph.''223b, cf. ''AP''9.14 (Antiphil.); of [[landsmen]], opp. [[seamen]], E.''Andr.''457, Th.7.67; χερσαία [[παρασκευή]], opp. [[ναυτική]], Ascl.''Tact.''1.1; χερσαία [[πόλις]] an [[inland]] [[city]], opp. [[seaport]] ([[ἐπιθαλαττίδιος]]), Pl.''Lg.''704b; <b class="b3">ὁδοὶ χερσαῖαι</b>, opp. [[voyage]]s, ''AP''11.42 (Crin.), cf. 4.3b.46 (Agath.): [[travelling by land]], [[βραδύς|βραδὺς]] καὶ χερσαῖος Ἔρως Plu.2.750b; [[κῦμα]] στρατοῦ, opp. a [[fleet]], A.''Th.''64: neuter plural as adverb, Arat. 919.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ἡ χερσαῖος]], as [[substantive]], = [[χερσόνησος]], Lyc.534.