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- γ244Γήπεδονearth-plot… piece of land. Just like house-plot [oi)ko/pedon], the one uniting earth and dwellings.
- γ161Γεώδηςearthy, earthly, earth-like[Meaning] one [who has come] out of the earth.
- ε1396ἘννοσίγαιοςEarth-shaker[Meaning] he who moves the earth, creating earthquakes.
- γ86Γαιοῦχοςearth-supporter[Meaning] he who supports the earth.
- χ330Χθονοπλάστουearth-formed[Meaning] moulded from earth.
- γ79Γαῖα χάνοιmight the earth gape open[Meaning] might the earth swallow him.
- γ90Γέγειαι βόεςearth-born cowsThe ancient [ones]. And in the masculine [singular it is] ge/geios.
- χ332Χθώνearth, ground[*xqw/n means the same as] gh=.
- γ224ΓῆearthSince the earth is a seat of every city because she supports the cities, her image is that of a tower-bearer.
- χ331Χθονοστιβῆearth-treading [things][Meaning] the ones on the earth, terrestrial ones. "[...] and unspeakable things, both heavenly and earth-treading".
- γ174Γεωφάνιονexposed earth, quarryA place in which [there is] a mine.
- χ606Χυτήheaped [earth][Meaning] the earth which is poured over the dead.
- α2134Ἀνὰ χθόναthroughout earth[Meaning] on the land.
- α1532Ἀμβολὰς γῆthrown-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], …
- ε1398ἘνοσίχθωνEarth-shaker[Meaning he who is] shaking the ground.
- 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 …
- γ217Γειοτόμονearth-cleaving[sc. Describing] the plough.
- γ83Γαιήοχοςearth-shaker[An epithet of] Poseidon. But geou=xos [sc. is different].
- γ230Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσινthey mix up the sea with the earthThe proverb [is used] in reference to those who are excessively angered.
- γ257Γῆς ἄγαλμαearth's statueThey model Hestia as a woman, like the earth, holding up a kettledrum, since the earth encloses the winds below herself.
- αι2Αἶαearth[ai)=a means the same as] h( gh=.
- ε1948Ἐπαμησάμενοςhaving heaped on (earth)[Meaning he] having stirred [it] up. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].
- ε2243Ἐπιβουλὴa plot [against someone]and e)pi/boulos ["a plotter"]. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] e)pibouleu/w soi ["I plot against you"]; [i.e. used] with a dative.
- 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 …
- β520Βρασμὸς γῆςroiling of the earth[sc. This is the term used] when it seethes with movement, but a 'disturbance' [is] when it is tossed upward.
- γ258Γῆς βάροςearth's weight… to those contributing to nothing. And [there is] another proverb: "earth's guts", in reference to those worth nothing.
- 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 …
- α1135Ἀλεξιάρη γῆdeath-averting earth[Meaning] that which aids men.
- 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.
- 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.