ἐπίγειος
epigeios
on
Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπίγειος, ον, A. on or of the earth, terrestrial, ζῷα R. 546a; βροτοί IG 14.1571; opp. ὑπόγειος, PMag.Par. 1.3043 (iii A.D.), etc. 2. creeping, of plants, HP 3.18.6,6.2.2, al.; but land-plants, opp. water-plants, PA 681a21; living on the ground, [ὄρνιθες], τετράποδα, HA 633b1, PA 657b24. 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 Fr. 80,426. (Cf. ἐπίγαιος.)
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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