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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
α4099Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστονFirst, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gates[Applied] to those who have lived miserably.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ1618Κιμωλίαcimolite, Cimolian earthA white clay/earth.Matched in translationhighshort
μ12Μὰ γῆν μὰ παγίδας μὰ νεφέλας μὰ δίκτυαby earth (and) by snares (and) by clouds (and) by netsThus they used to swear by random things, [for example] by springs, by rivers. Aristophanes in Birds [sc. illustrates this].Matched in headwordhighshort
χ328Χθονίας βροντάςearth-shaking thunderclaps"Celebrate [his] earth-shaking thunderclaps". Meaning sing a hymn. "Earth-shaking" [meaning] frightening. For they trace the genealogy of all terrible things to the earth. But others [see this as thunderclaps] that bring about a loud …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4226Ἄστικτον χωρίονunmarked land, unmarked plot[Meaning] that not mortgaged to a lender. For whenever it is mortgaged, the lender shows this very fact in writing set upon the land. The same happens with a house too.Matched in headwordhighshort
γ101Γεηρόνearthy, earthly[gehro/n means the same as] gh/i+non.Matched in headwordhighshort
μ1071Μίλτοςmiltos, ruddle, red ochre, red earth, red leadA kind of red color. And Homer [says]: "red-cheeked ships".. And in Epigrams: "and a red-daubed rope plucked by a rod's tip". And elsewhere: "and they twisted a cord with ruddle and beat the …Matched in headwordhighmedium
κ1790Κληροῦχοιcleruchs, plot-holders… send out to the cities which they had taken, distributing plots of land to each of them. So Isocrates in [the] Panegyrikos [sc. uses the term]. Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Symmories would …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ572Χρυσόγεωνgold-earthed, golden-earthed[Meaning] that which has golden earth. But xruso/geion [sc. is different].Matched in translationhighshort
ε656Ἐκτιναγμὸςdisturbance[Disturbance] and roiling-up of earth: [it is] a roiling-up of earth when it seethes with movement, but a 'disturbance' when it is tossed upward.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
γ235Γήϊνοςearthly[Meaning] perishable.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ1098ΚαττουδαίουςUndergroundersSee in the [entry] "dwellers under earth".Matched in translationhighshort
μ1396Μυκητίας σεισμόςbellowing earthquake… when the passage is quoted in Stobaeus' Anthology (1.40.1). For earthquakes see generally sigma 291.Matched in noteshighshort
β290Βιοδώραlife-giving[Referring to] the earth.Matched in translationhighshort
ε1620Ἐξελοφίζετοused to be quarried out"The earth used to be quarried out of the earth-hills of Dikaiarcheia."Matched in translationhighshort
α4433Αὖλαξfurrow[Meaning] the lengthy cutting in the earth [made] by a plow.Matched in translationhighshort
ι748Ἴτωlet (him) go… [him/her/it come. "But let [him] go, let [him] fare well, earth for earth, wherever [he] may wish."Matched in translationhighshort
α1649Ἀμπελώνvineyard[Meaning] vine-bearing earth.Matched in translationhighshort
γ163Γεωμέτρηςgeometer[Meaning] one who measures 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
χ617Χυτρεοῦνearthenware… cooking-pot. Aristophanes [writes]: "o unhappy me, for taking you -- earthenware -- to be a god".Matched in translationhighshort
ε1259Ἐνέροιςthose below… the dead. [So called] from their lying in [e)n] the earth [e)/ra].Matched in translationhighshort
γ82Γαιήϊοςearthly[gaih/i+os sc. is the same as] gh/i+nos.Matched in headwordhighshort
ε2276Ἐπιγύοιςcables, hawsers[Meaning with] the ones [projecting] from the earth. "They fastened most of it, also, into a junction with the cables [projecting] out of the earth." And elsewhere: "they secured the flank [facing] away from …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3680ΕὐρεῖαwideHomer [writes]: "then may the wide earth gape for me." The [word] "wide" [here is] not a generic epithet, but is equivalent to "having become wide;" as if [to say] "may [earth] become a …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1744ΚλειγένηςKleigenes, Cligenes… all who are masters of ash-mixing, sham-soda dust and Kimolian earth." "Ash-mixing" [is] ash mixed with soda. "Kimolian" [is a kind of] white earth. So he is saying that [Kleigenes] is most rascally [skilled] …Matched in translationhighshort
γ81ΓαίειοςGaieiosProper name. The son of the earth.Matched in translationhighshort