ἐπιχθόνιος
epichthonios
upon the earth, earthly
Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιχθόνιος, ον, Ep. Adj., (χθών) A. upon the earth, earthly, freq. in , as epith. of ἄνθρωποι, ἄνδρες, βροτοί, Od. 8.479, Il. 1.266,272 : abs., ἐπιχθόνιοι earthly ones, men on earth (cf. χαμαί), opp. ἐπουράνιοι θεοί, 24.220, cf. O. 6.50, 4.15, etc.; so ἐ. γένος ἀνδρῶν Fr. 213.3 ; ἐ. δαίμονες who haunt the earth, Op. 123. 2. in pl., natives of a country, 459,1093. 3. terrestrial, opp. marine, ἑρπετόν H. 2.425.
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