ἐπίγειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[on]] or [[of the earth]], [[terrestrial]], ζῷα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>546a</span>; βροτοί <span class="title">IG</span>14.1571; opp. [[ὑπόγειος]], <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.3043 (iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. [[creeping]], of plants, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.18.6</span>,<span class="bibl">6.2.2</span>, al.; but [[land]]-plants, opp. water-plants, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>681a21</span>; [[living on the ground]], [<b class="b3">ὄρνιθες], τετράποδα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>633b1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>657b24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. neut. pl., [[ἐπίγεια]] [[ground-floor]], opp. <b class="b3">πύργος διώρυφος</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.20</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. Subst. [[ἐπίγειον]], τό, misspelling of [[ἐπίγυον]], v.l. in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>80</span>,<span class="bibl">426</span>. (Cf. [[ἐπίγαιος]].)</span>