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42 entries for
earth-plot
Relevance
Adler order
Longest first
γ
161
Γεώδης
earthy, earthly, earth-like
[Meaning] one [who has come] out of the
earth.
high
short
γ
101
Γεηρόν
earthy, earthly
[gehro/n means the same as] gh/i+non.
high
short
γ
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 …
high
short
γ
244
zoology
zoology
3
3
art history
2
art history
2
food
2
food
2
aetiology
1
aetiology
1
children
1
children
1
Christianity
1
Christianity
1
chronology
1
chronology
1
gender and sexuality
1
gender and sexuality
1
stagecraft
1
stagecraft
1
trade and manufacture
1
trade and manufacture
1
Γήπεδον
earth-plot
… piece of land. Just like house-plot [oi)ko/pedon], the one uniting
earth
and dwellings.
high
short
χ
572
Χρυσόγεων
gold-earthed, golden-earthed
[Meaning] that which has golden
earth.
But xruso/geion [sc. is different].
high
short
ε
1396
Ἐννοσίγαιος
Earth-shaker
[Meaning] he who moves the
earth,
creating
earthquakes.
high
short
κ
2198
Κούφη γῆ τοῦτον καλύπτοι
may light earth cover him, may the earth covering him be light
Meaning 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 …
high
medium
α
1532
Ἀμβολὰς γῆ
thrown-up earth, raised earth
[Meaning
earth]
which was raised up by a ditch. Xenophon [writes]: "Cyrus used to make towers on the thrown-up
earth,
so that there might be as many guardposts as possible." Look under "bitten" [dakno/menos], …
high
short
β
520
Βρασμὸς γῆς
roiling of the earth
[sc. This is the term used] when it seethes with movement, but a 'disturbance' [is] when it is tossed upward.
high
short
χ
328
Χθονίας βροντάς
earth-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 …
high
medium
κ
1618
Κιμωλία
cimolite, Cimolian earth
A white clay/earth.
high
short
γ
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 …
high
short
γ
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.
high
short
χ
331
Χθονοστιβῆ
earth-treading [things]
[Meaning] the ones on the
earth,
terrestrial ones. "[...] and unspeakable things, both heavenly and
earth-treading".
high
short
γ
79
Γαῖα χάνοι
might the earth gape open
[Meaning] might the
earth
swallow him.
high
short
γ
86
Γαιοῦχος
earth-supporter
[Meaning] he who supports the
earth.
high
short
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.
high
short
γ
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.
high
short
γ
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.
high
short
κ
2193
Κουροτρόφος γῆ
boy-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.
high
short
χ
330
Χθονοπλάστου
earth-formed
[Meaning] moulded from
earth.
high
short
χ
606
Χυτή
heaped [earth]
[Meaning] the
earth
which is poured over the dead.
high
short
χ
617
Χυτρεοῦν
earthenware
… cooking-pot. Aristophanes [writes]: "o unhappy me, for taking you --
earthenware
-- to be a god".
high
short
α
1135
Ἀλεξιάρη γῆ
death-averting earth
[Meaning] that which aids men.
high
short
α
2134
Ἀνὰ χθόνα
throughout earth
[Meaning] on the land.
high
short
α
4099
Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστον
First, 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.
high
short
αι
2
Αἶα
earth
[ai)=a means the same as] h( gh=.
high
short
γ
82
Γαιήϊος
earthly
[gaih/i+os sc. is the same as] gh/i+nos.
high
short
γ
83
Γαιήοχος
earth-shaker
[An epithet of] Poseidon. But geou=xos [sc. is different].
high
short
γ
90
Γέγειαι βόες
earth-born cows
The ancient [ones]. And in the masculine [singular it is] ge/geios.
high
short
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