ἐπίγειος
Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
English (LSJ)
ον,
A on or of the earth, terrestrial, ζῷα Pl.R.546a; βροτοί IG14.1571; opp. ὑπόγειος, PMag.Par.1.3043 (iii A.D.), etc. 2. creeping, of plants, Thphr.HP3.18.6,6.2.2, al.; but land-plants, opp. water-plants, Arist.PA681a21; living on the ground, [ὄρνιθες], τετράποδα, Id.HA633b1, PA657b24. 3. neut. pl., ἐπίγεια ground-floor, opp. πύργος διώρυφος, PPetr.2p.20 (iii B.C.). II. Subst. ἐπίγειον, τό, misspelling of ἐπίγυον, v.l. in Ar.Fr.80,426. (Cf. ἐπίγαιος.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 932] an, auf der Erde befindlich, ζῷα, den φυτὰ ἔγγεια entgeggstzt, Plat. Rep. VIII, 546 a; ἄνθρωπος Ax. 368 b, βροτοί Ep. ad. 710 c (App. 369). Am Boden, niedrig, φυτόν Philo; κάλαμος, Ggstz des im Wasser wachsenden, Theophr.
