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καταγεώτης

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Transliteration A: katageṓtēs Transliteration B: katageōtēs Transliteration C: katageotis Beta Code: katagew/ths

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, gravedigger, Hsch.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταγεώτης: -ου, ὁ, νεκροθάπτης, «καταγεῶται· οἱ θάπτοντες τοὺς τελευτῶντας, οἰκοῦσι δὲ ἔξω τῶν πόλεων» Ἡσύχ.

Greek Monolingual

καταγεώτης, ὁ (Α)
(Ησύχ.) ο νεκροθάφτης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατά-γεως, αμάρτυρος παρλλ. τ. του κατά-γειος (πρβλ. λεπτό-γεως, μεσό-γεως)].