ἐπίγειος

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.)