Κατώγεων κατώγειον

underground

Translated by Nick Nicholas6 Oct 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology

7 words

[katw/gewn], but [sc. also attested as] katw/geion].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατώγεων, κατώγειον δέ.

Betacode

*katw/gewn, katw/geion de/.

Notes

Continues kappa 1105: allows that the neuter of the adjective "underground" can appear both in the Attic second declension (katw/gewn), and in the late normal second declension (kata/geios, katw/geios). See LSJ s.v. katw/gaios at web address 1.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

κ1105ΚατώγειονundergroundIn the [sc. Attic] masculine and feminine, [this is spelled] with a short e [epsilon] and a long o [omega], [sc. like] o( a)nw/gews kai\ h( a)nw/gews ["above ground"]. [sc. The latter adjective is] also [attested in the…

Neighbouring entries

κ1104Κάτωbelow κ1105Κατώγειονunderground κ1106Κατώγεων κατώγειονunderground κ1107Κάτωθεfrom below κ1108Κατωθούμενοςbeing pushed down

Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Sep 2013

2 Sep 2013supplemented note — Catharine Roth
11 Feb 2013Revised — David Whitehead
9 Oct 2008cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Oct 2008cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
6 Oct 2008Translated — Nick Nicholas