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γ226Γηγενεῖςearth-born (ones)… "did you learn these clever things by going to the earth-born ones?" Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "by an earth-born gust", meaning one great enough that it makes earthquakes; for [it was] an …Matched in translationhighshort
γ230Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσινthey mix up the sea with the earthThe proverb [is used] in reference to those who are excessively angered.Matched in headwordhighshort
γ257Γῆς ἄγαλμαearth's statueThey model Hestia as a woman, like the earth, holding up a kettledrum, since the earth encloses the winds below herself.Matched in translationhighshort
γ225Γηγενέτηςearth-born… same as] ghgenh/s. Also [sc. attested is the plural] ghgenei=s ["earth-born ones"], properly [meaning] Adam and Eve who were born out of the earth, since they were not born out of intercourse; but by …Matched in translationhighshort
γ258Γῆς βάροςearth's weight… to those contributing to nothing. And [there is] another proverb: "earth's guts", in reference to those worth nothing.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2198Κούφη γῆ τοῦτον καλύπτοιmay light earth cover him, may the earth covering him be lightMeaning hanging [sc. in space]. Earth is called "lighter than earth," not being light in a plain sense; and fire [is called] "heavier than fire," not being heavy in a plain sense; but that …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1135Ἀλεξιάρη γῆdeath-averting earth[Meaning] that which aids men.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ2193Κουροτρόφος γῆboy-nourishing earth… Athenian] acropolis and built an altar, giving thanks to the earth for nourishment; [they say] that he established the rule that those who sacrificed to any god should sacrifice first to her.Matched in translationhighshort
γ259Γῆς ὀμφαλόςearth's navel… go as a worshipper to the inviolate navel of the earth." That is, no longer do I go to Apollo, nor to his undefiled and holy and unapproachable temple.Matched in translationhighshort
γ468Γρυπάνιονwrinkling… second [book] of Truth says: "for he was burning the earth and is making a mass of wrinkling." And Melanthius says "there was an earthquake, and the earth wrinkled."Matched in translationhighshort
ε162Ἔγρυπεit wrinkled"There was an earthquake," Melanthius says, "and the earth wrinkled." See under grupa/nion ["wrinkled"].Matched in translationhighshort
β290Βιοδώραlife-giving[Referring to] the earth.Matched in translationhighshort
ε3212Ἑστίαhearth, Hestia… altar, pot-stand, fireplace. "They portray Hestia -- that is, the earth -- as a woman holding a drum; since the earth gathers the winds under herself."Matched in translationhighshort
χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… through the air by the wind and carried down to earth. But snow [is] moisture, frozen out of a cloud. Hailstorms: they are freezings of the moisture overhead in the air, above the earth; …Matched in translationhighmedium
η511Ἠρίαbarrows, mounds[Meaning] tombs in the earth. "When building, under the earth, most lamentable mounds, so that I might bury [your] body there when you died." And elsewhere: "I built a mound from a lump of …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3687Εὐρίζῳwell-rooted… "with a well-rooted [sc. source of] joy for all the earth." Meaning with a long-lasting [one], [one that] has been rooted well.Matched in translationhighshort
γ229Γῆ ζώντωνland of the living… David [says]: "he will raise you up to inherit the earth."Matched in translationhighshort
χ84ΧάοςChaos… Chaos, Night, black Erebus, and broad Tartarus. There was neither earth, nor air, nor heaven. Black-winged Night begat the first wind-egg in the boundless bosom of Erebus. And after the cycles of the years, …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1180Ἔνδιοςdaytime… "So as long as it was still daytime, and the earth was warming up, the gleaming sky was brighter than crystal". That is, the radiant [sky].Matched in translationhighshort
δ912Διέκυψανthey bent over, they looked outBending over from the earth like grass, they flowered.Matched in translationhighshort
χ225Χεῖλοςlip[Meaning] the body-part [of that name]. "And the whole earth became one lip." He is speaking about sins.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1567Δυηπαθήςmisery-suffering… built a mound for you from a lump of thirsty earth."Matched in translationhighshort
ε1643Ἐξεράσατε τοὺς λίθουςdisgorge the stones… expression is made from the [word] e)/ra, which is the earth.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1292Διφρηλατῶνdriving a chariot… chariot through the lofty heaven, when you see my paternal earth, hold back your golden reins and announce my fate and my death." Ajax says [this]. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] difrhla/ths …Matched in translationhighshort
β27Βαθεῖαν αὔλακαdeep furrow… phrase uses a noun] which is a line in the earth [made] by a plow. Metaphorically from this [the phrase as a whole] means deep and hidden thoughts.Matched in translationhighshort
ε655Ἐκτίνωνpaying off… dative. [Meaning] giving back. "Paying off the debt to mother earth [he] buries the shipwrecked man." Also [sc. attested is the form] e)ktinnu/wn, [also meaning] giving back.Matched in translationhighshort
α271Ἀγλωττίαtonguelessness… adjective] tongueless, [meaning] voiceless, speechless. "Now having fallen to the earth, tongueless and voiceless, I lie, refusing emulous ambition."Matched in translationhighshort
χ322Χθαμαλάhumble [things]; flat [things]The headword adjective is related to obsolete *xama/ ("earth") and so its meaning can be literal or metaphorical; cf. Latin humilis from humus ("earth"). [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1800Ἐξόνbeing allowed, being possible"Why on earth do we buy meat-hooks for our buckets, it being possible to let down an old woman like this and draw up the buckets from the wells?" In reference to lascivious and …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary… application: (i) what is divisible into parts, such as the earth obtained by allotment; (ii) what is indivisible, [such as] what is taken for common usage; (iii) what is appropriated to oneself with anticipation …Matched in translationhighmedium