ἀπόγειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, (γῆ) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">from land, coming off land</b>, <b class="b3">ἄνεμοι, πνεῦμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>394b14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mete.</span>363a1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.3.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">αὔρα</b>) [[landbreeze]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>940b24</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ ἀπόγεαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">945a4</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">940b18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀπόγαιον</b> or <b class="b3">ἀπόγειον, τό,</b> <b class="b2">mooring cable</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.33.9.6</span>, Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.42, <span class="bibl">Polem.<span class="title">Call.</span>26</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.139</span>, <span class="bibl">61.21</span>, etc.; in full, <b class="b3">ἀπόγεια</b> (<b class="b3">-γυια</b> cod.) σχοινία Hsch. s.v. [[γύαια]]; cf. [[ἀπόγυον]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">far from the earth</b>, Plu.2.933b, cf. <span class="bibl">Olymp.<span class="title">in Mete.</span>10.14</span>,al.: Comp., <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.6</span>, Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>9.1: Sup., Theo Sm.p.157 H.; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">σημεῖον</b>), in Astronomy, a planet's <b class="b2">greatest distance from the earth, apogee</b>, Ptol. <span class="title">Alm.</span>3.3. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">from the shore</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>15</span>.</span>