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24 entries for
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Γεώδης
earthy, earthly, earth-like
[Meaning] one [who has come] out of the
earth.
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226
Γηγενεῖς
earth-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 …
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244
Γήπεδον
earth-plot
… piece of land. Just like house-plot [oi)ko/pedon], the one uniting
earth
and dwellings.
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225
Γηγενέτης
earth-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 …
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257
Γῆς ἄγαλμα
earth's statue
They model Hestia as a woman, like the
earth,
holding up a kettledrum, since the
earth
encloses the winds below herself.
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79
Γαῖα χάνοι
might the earth gape open
[Meaning] might the
earth
swallow him.
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86
Γαιοῦχος
earth-supporter
[Meaning] he who supports the
earth.
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γ
224
Γῆ
earth
Since the
earth
is a seat of every city because she supports the cities, her image is that of a tower-bearer.
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258
Γῆς βάρος
earth's weight
… to those contributing to nothing. And [there is] another proverb:
"earth's
guts", in reference to those worth nothing.
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259
Γῆς ὀμφαλός
earth'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.
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468
Γρυπάνιον
wrinkling
… 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."
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7
Γάδειρα
Gadeira, Gades, Cadiz
… was rough and dark. Gadeira [takes its name] from "ga"
[earth]
and "deira" [neck]. When Heracles had come as far as this and could not sail through, he acquired some slabs from the natives …
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γ
81
Γαίειος
Gaieios
Proper name. The son of the
earth.
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159
Γεοῦχος
landholder
[An epithet of] Poseidon. One who holds the
earth.
But *gaih/oxos [sc. is different].
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162
Γεώλοφον
hillock, hummock
[Meaning a] hill, mountain, elevation of
earth;
and thus they also call the man who is thick and insensitive. "For he has acquired this little lot on this pathetic hillock."
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163
Γεωμέτρης
geometer
[Meaning] one who measures the
earth.
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164
Γεωμετρία
geometry
… science, having first learned it from the immensity of the
earth
and the division of the lands, and then having written it down.
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166
Γεωμόρος
landsharer
[Meaning] one who toils on the
earth.
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173
Γεῶρες
sojourners(?)
[Meaning]
earth-guardians.
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184
Γέρανοι λίθους καταπεπωκυῖαι
she-cranes which have swallowed stones
… finished their journey; but if [the stone goes] to the
earth,
they take a rest. Aristophanes says this: "cranes having swallowed stones". Cranes flying carry pebbles in their mouths as a support so as …
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218
Γειῶραι
sojourners
[Meaning] those who guard the
earth.
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229
Γῆ ζώντων
land of the living
… David [says]: "he will raise you up to inherit the
earth."
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472
Γύγης
Gyges
… there the Milesians would begin to plant and till the
earth,
and he would have what they had cultivated and could do some injury whenever he invaded. He did these things and waged war …
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473
Γύγου δακτύλιος
Gyges' ring
… villainous men. For Gyges was a cowherd who after an
earthquake
found a corpse which was wearing a ring, and stripped it off. The nature of the ring was such that, by twists of …
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