α4536Αὐτόχθονες
from their own soil, autochthonous
[Referring to] the Athenians; [sc. so called] either since they were the first to work the soil, that is the earth, when it was [still] fallow; or because of their not being immigrants. Arcadians and Aeginetans and…
Αὐτόχθονες· οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι· ἢ ἐπεὶ τὴν χθόνα, τουτέστι τὴν γῆν, ἀργὴν οὖσαν πρῶτοι εἰργάσαντο· ἢ διὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐπήλυδας. αὐτόχθονες δὲ καὶ Ἀρκάδες καὶ Αἰγινῆται καὶ Θηβαῖοι…
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