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1 ἐπιχώριος
A in or of the country,1 of persons,οἱ ἐ.
the people of the country, natives,Hdt.
1.78, 181,al.;οὑπιχώριοι χθονός S.OT 939
, cf.E. Ionl.c.; also of birds,ἐ. ὄρνιθες A.Supp. 800
, cf. 661 (lyr.);οὐ πολλαχοῦ ἐ. Arist.HA 615a14
.2 of things, of or used in the country,ὑποδήματα Hdt.1.195
;κράνεα Id.7.91
, cf.Pi.P.4.80 ;τὸν ἐ. τρόπον Ar.Pl.47
; freq. in neut.,τὸ ἐ., τοὐπιχώριον
the custom of the country, fashion,Id.
Nu. 1173, Th.6.27, etc.;τὰ ἐν Πέρσαις ἐ. X.Cyr. 1.4.25
, cf. Hp.Aër.1:c.dat., usual,οἷόν τ' ἐπιχώριον ἀνδράσι γυιον Emp.62.8
; ἐπιχώριον ὂν ἡμῖν c.inf., as it is the custom of our country, Th.4.17 : c.gen.,τῆς ἡμετέρας μούσης ἐ. Pl.Smp. 189b
; ἐπιχωρίου ὄντος τοῖς Πέρσαις φιλεῖν it being their custom to.., X.Ages.5.4 ; common things,Pi.
P.3.22, cf. Ar.Pl. 342 ; καλὰ ἐ. honours of the country, Pi.I.7(6).2 ;ἐ. ἁμαρτήματα
against fellow-countrymen,Pl.
Lg. 730a ; ἐπιχώριαι ἐνενήκοντα (sc. δραχμαί) Michel 838 ([place name] Didyma). Adv. ; in the language of the country, D.C.38.13, Lyd. Mag.1.7 ; in the local dialect, Gal.14.303.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπιχώριος
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2 ανοικίζετε
ἀ̱νοικίζετε, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: imperf ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres imperat act 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres imperat act 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: imperf ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: imperf ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic) -
3 ἀνοικίζετε
ἀ̱νοικίζετε, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: imperf ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres imperat act 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres imperat act 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: imperf ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: imperf ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic) -
4 χώρα
A = χῶρος, space or room in which a thing is, defined as partly occupied space, distd. fr. κενόν and τόπος, Zeno Stoic. 1.26 (cf.2.163), S.E.P.3.124;ποταγορεύοντι τὰν ὕλαν τόπον καὶ χώραν Ti.Locr.94b
(inὁ τόπος τῆς χ. Pl.Lg. 705c
χώρα = country (cf. 11.1); so );οὐδέ τι πολλὴ χώρη μεσσηγύς Il.23.521
;νόμισμα.. χώρας μεγάλης δέοιτ' ἄν X.Lac.7.5
; χώραν τινὶ καταλιπεῖν leave room for it, Plu.2.123f, etc.2 generally, place, spot, στρέψεσθ' ἐκ χώρης ὅθι .. Il.6.516, cf. Od.16.352;ὀλίγῃ ἐνὶ χ. Il. 17.394
; χώραν ἐκ χώρας μεταβάλλειν move from place to place, Pl.Tht. 181c; field in a ceiling, IG42(1).103.193, 106ii139 (Epid., iv B. C.); ἡ πρώτη χ. the first field (on the chest of Cypselus), Paus.5.17.6; socket or cavity of a joint, Hp.Art.79, 80; of the eye, IG42(1).121.76 (Epid., iv B. C.); as euphemism for the genital organs, Hippiatr. 33,71.3 the position, proper place of a person or thing,ἐνὶ χώρῃ ἕζεται Il.23.349
: esp. a soldier's post, Ἄρης οὐκ ἔνι χώρα is not at his post (or perh. in the land, cf. Ar.Lys. 524) A.Ag.78 (anap.); χώραν λιπεῖν, προλείπειν, Th.4.126, 2.87; μισθοφορεῖν κεναῖς χ. draw pay for unfilled vacancies, Aeschin.3.146;ἐπιγράψαι αὐτῷ τὴν χ. UPZ14.88
(ii B. C.): later τὴν χ. τινὸς ἀποπληρῶσαι, ποιῆσαι, fill a person's place, POxy.136.15(vi A. D.), PMasp.32.11 (vi A. D.): χώραν λαβεῖν take a position, find one's place, ἕως ἂν χώραν λάβῃ [τὰ πράγματα] till they are brought into position, into order, X.Cyr.4.5.37; ; οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι χώραν νοήσεως ἡντινοῦν τὸ ἀγαθόν the Good cannot have any possibility of thinking, Plot.5.6.6; σοὶ ἀστρονομεῖν χ. your province is astronomy, Philostr. VA5.15;ἐν τοῖς ἀτέχνοις χώραν ἔχει τὸ αὐτόματον Eun.Hist.p.225D.
: freq. in the phrase ὥρα καὶ χ., time and place,ἐν ὁποία ἀξία φυτευθῆναι καὶ ὥρὰ καὶ χώρᾳ Pl.Hipparch. 225c
;ἐν ἄλλῃ καὶ χώρῃ Hp.Hum. 14
; πρὸς ὥρας καὶ χώρας καὶ διαίτας ib.16, Aph.3.3;ἥ τε τοῦ ἔτους ὥρα καὶ χ. καὶ φύσις τοῦ θεραπευομένου σώματος Gal.18(2).399
, cf. Alex. Trall.1.10, Steph.in Hp.1.161, 180 D. b. in metric, position of a foot in a verse,τὸ δακτυλικὸν δέχεται δακτύλους καὶ σπονδείους κατὰ πᾶσαν χ. Heph.7.1
, cf. 8.1;αἱ περιτταὶ χ. Id.5.1
,6.1.4 metaph., station, place, position, ἐν χώρᾳ τινὸς εἶναι to be in his position, be counted the same as he is, ἐν ἀνδραπόδων or μισθοφόρου χώρᾳ εἶναι to be in the position of slaves or mercenaries, to pass or rank as such, X.An.5.6.13, Cyr.2.1.18; ἐν οὐδεμιᾷ χ. εἶναι to have no place or rank, be in no esteem, Id.An.5.7.28;οὗ μέλλει χώρην μηδεμίαν θέμεναι Thgn.152
;τούτων τοι χώρη.. ὀλίγη τελέθει Id.822
;τὰς μεγίστας χ. ἔχειν Plb.1.43.1
.5 in senses 3 and 4 freq. with a Prep., ἐκ χώρας ὁρμᾶν, opp. πορευόμενος μάχεσθαι, X.An.3.4.33; εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν χ. πάρεισι are at their posts, Id.Cyr.1.2.4, cf. Theoc. 15.57;εἰς τὰς τῶν λοχαγῶν χ. καταστήσεσθαι X.Cyr.2.1.23
; ἐν χώρᾳ in one's place, at one's post,ἐν ταῖς χ. γενέσθαι Id.An.4.8.15
; ἐν χώρᾳ πίπτειν, ἀποθνῄσκειν, die at one's post, Id.HG4.2.20, 8.39; ἐπὶ χώρας ἕσσαι set it in its place, Pi.P.4.273; also μένειν ἐπὶ χώρας, = μένειν κατὰ χώραν, remain in force, OGI90.16 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), BGU183.9 (i A. D.); κατὰ χώρην εἶναι be in one's place, Hdt.4.135; [φόροι] κατὰ χώρην διατελέουσι ἔχοντες Id.6.42
, cf. Ar.Pl. 367, Ra. 793;κατὰ χ. μένειν Hdt.7.95
, 8.108, Ar.Eq. 1354, Th.4.26; ἤλπιζον.. οὐ μενεῖν κατὰ χ. τὰ πράγματα ib.76;μένει τὸ ὅρκιον κατὰ χ.
as it was, undisturbed,Hdt.
4.201; ἐᾶν κατὰ χ. τὴν πόλιν leave in its place, leave as it was, X.HG6.5.6, cf. Hdt.1.17;κατὰ χώραν μένειν τοὺς ἄλλους [νόμους] ἐᾶν D.24.5
; κατὰ χ. ἀπιέναι retire in their old order, X. An.6.4.11.II land, viz.,1 a land, country,ἅς τινας ἵκεο χώρας ἀνθρώπων Od.8.573
;ἡ χ. ἡ Ἀττική Hdt.9.13
;ἐμπορεύεσθαι εἰς τὴν χ. IG12.57.21
, cf. 63.22, al.: freq. in Trag.,Ἑλλάδα χώραν A.Pers. 271
(lyr.);Εὐβοῖδα χ. S.Tr.74
, etc.; territory, ὁ τύραννος ἢ πόλεων ἢ χ. πολλῆς [ἐπιθυμεῖ] X.Hier.4.7: pl., OGI54.11 (Adule, iii B. C.), etc.2 landed estate, X.Cyr.8.4.28, 8.6.4. b. country town,τοὺς κήρυκας διαπέμψαντες ἐς τὰς χ. Schwyzer688
B8 (Chios, v B. C.).3 the country, opp. to the town,ἡ πόλις καὶ ἡ χ. Lycurg. 1
;τὰ ἐκ τῆς χώρας Th.2.5
, X.Mem.3.6.11; ὁ ἐκ τῆς χ. γιγνόμενος σῖτος ib.13;οἱ ἐν τῇ χ. ἐργάται Id.Hier.10.5
; ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ κοιταῖον γίγνεσθαι, opp. ἐν ἄστει, Decr. ap. D.18.37; ἁ κοινὰ χ. (of two cities) IG42(1).77.2 (Epid., ii B. C.): esp. of Egypt as opp. Alexandria, OGI56.5 (Canopus, iii B. C.), PHib.1.27.167 (iii B. C.), etc. (but in PTeb.5.98 (ii B. C.) ἐν τῇ Ἀλεξα (νδρέων) χ. means 'in Alexandria'); ἡ ἄνω χ. καὶ ἡ κάτω, Upper and Lower Egypt, OGI90.46 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), cf. Wilcken Chr.109.9 (iii B. C.).— χῶρος is another form: in signf. 11 χώρα alone is used in [dialect] Att.; whereas in signf. 1 χῶρος is common, exc. in the special sense of one's proper place or post ( χῶρος and χώρα perh. cogn. with χῆρος, χῆτος). -
5 αγρονόμον
ἀγρόνομοςhaunting the country: masc /fem acc sgἀγρόνομοςhaunting the country: neut nom /voc /acc sgἀγρονόμοςhaunting the country: masc /fem acc sgἀγρονόμοςhaunting the country: neut nom /voc /acc sgἀγρονόμοςhaunting the country: masc acc sg -
6 ἀγρονόμον
ἀγρόνομοςhaunting the country: masc /fem acc sgἀγρόνομοςhaunting the country: neut nom /voc /acc sgἀγρονόμοςhaunting the country: masc /fem acc sgἀγρονόμοςhaunting the country: neut nom /voc /acc sgἀγρονόμοςhaunting the country: masc acc sg -
7 ανοικίσασθε
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor imperat mid 2nd plἀ̱νοικίσασθε, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor ind mid 2nd pl (doric aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor imperat mid 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor ind mid 2nd pl (homeric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor ind mid 2nd pl (homeric ionic) -
8 ἀνοικίσασθε
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor imperat mid 2nd plἀ̱νοικίσασθε, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor ind mid 2nd pl (doric aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor imperat mid 2nd plἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor ind mid 2nd pl (homeric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor ind mid 2nd pl (homeric ionic) -
9 ἀγρός
ἀγρός, οῦ, ὁ (cp. ἄγω: DELG s.v. ἀγρός; Hom.+) field, land, countryside.① open country as opposed to city or village, countryside, land, field Hv 2, 1, 4; 9:3 al. ἐν (τῷ) ἄγρῳ in the field (PAmh 134, 5; ‘[like a gazelle] in open country’ 2 Km 2:18; 10:8 al.) Mt 24:18; Lk 17:31; εἰς τὸν ἀγρόν in the field Mk 13:16; εἶναι ἐν (τῷ) ἀ. Mt 24:40; Lk 15:25; 17:35 v.l.; ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τὸν ἀ. go (out) into the country Hv 3, 1, 2; πορεύεσθαι εἰς ἀ. (Timaeus Hist. [IV/III B.C.]: 566 Fgm. 48, 2 Jac. [Athen. 12, 15, 518d]; Ruth 2:2) Mt 24:18; Mk 16:12 or ὑπάγειν εἰς ἀ. Hv 4, 1, 2; περιπατεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀ. Hs 2:1. ἔρχεσθαι ἀπʼ ἀγροῦ come in fr. the country Mk 15:21; Lk 23:26; εἰσέρχεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ ἀ. (cp. PEleph 13, 6 οὔπω εἰσελήλυθεν ἐξ ἀγροῦ; Gen 30:16; Jos., Ant. 5, 141) Lk 17:7 (s. B-D-F §255; Mlt. 82); cp. πάρεστιν ἀπʼ ἀγροῦ 11:6 D.—B. 1304.② freq. in pl. property that is used for farming purposes, farm, estate (cp. Lat. ager=estate.—X., Mem. 3, 9, 11; SIG 914, 39; OGI 235, 2; 1 Km 8:14; 22:7 al.; cp. Josh 19:6; Jos., Ant. 17, 193) Mt 19:29; 22:5; Mk 10:29f; 14:18 (but s. 3); Lk 15:15. W. πόλις: ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς among the farms Mk 5:14; Lk 8:34; w. κῶμαι (Dio Chrys. 13 [7], 42) Mk 6:36; Lk 9:12; w. κῶμαι and πόλεις Mk 6:56.③ land put under cultivation, arable land, field (X., Mem. 1, 1, 8) Mt 13:24, 27, 31, 38; Lk 14:18 (s. 2); Ac 4:37; Hv 3, 1, 3. In it grow τὰ κρίνα τοῦ ἀ. wild lilies Mt 6:28; χόρτος τοῦ ἀ. (Gen 3:18; 4 Km 19:26) vs. 30; ζιζάνια τοῦ ἀ. weeds in the field 13:36; παμβότανον τοῦ ἀ. 1 Cl 56:14 (Job 5:25).—Used to hide treasure Mt 13:44; ἀ. τοῦ κεραμέως potter’s field 27:7f, 10 (s. GStrecker, Der Weg der Gerechtigkeit ’62, 76–82). KDieterich, RhM 59, 1904, 226ff.—M-M. TW. -
10 ανοικιεί
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: fut ind mid 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: fut ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: fut ind mid 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: fut ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic) -
11 ἀνοικιεῖ
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: fut ind mid 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: fut ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: fut ind mid 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: fut ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic) -
12 ανοικισθείσας
ἀνοικισθείσᾱς, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor part pass fem acc plἀνοικισθείσᾱς, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor part pass fem gen sg (doric aeolic)ἀνοικισθείσᾱς, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor part pass fem acc plἀνοικισθείσᾱς, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor part pass fem gen sg (doric aeolic) -
13 ἀνοικισθείσας
ἀνοικισθείσᾱς, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor part pass fem acc plἀνοικισθείσᾱς, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor part pass fem gen sg (doric aeolic)ἀνοικισθείσᾱς, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor part pass fem acc plἀνοικισθείσᾱς, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor part pass fem gen sg (doric aeolic) -
14 ανοικίζει
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind mp 2nd sgἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 3rd sgἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind mp 2nd sgἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 3rd sg -
15 ἀνοικίζει
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind mp 2nd sgἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 3rd sgἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind mp 2nd sgἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 3rd sg -
16 ανοικίζουσιν
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic) -
17 ἀνοικίζουσιν
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: pres ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic) -
18 ανοικίσαι
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor inf actἀνοικίσαῑ, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor opt act 3rd sgἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor inf actἀνοικίσαῑ, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor opt act 3rd sg -
19 ἀνοικίσαι
ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor inf actἀνοικίσαῑ, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor opt act 3rd sgἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor inf actἀνοικίσαῑ, ἀνοικίζωremove up the country: aor opt act 3rd sg -
20 χῶρος
χῶρος [(A)], ὁ,A like χώρα 1, a definite space, piece of ground, place,χῶρον μὲν πρῶτον διεμέτρεον Il.3.315
; διαμετρητῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ ib. 344; νεκύων διεφαίνετο χῶρος a space clear of the dead, i. e. not filled by them, 8.491; χ. ὑλήεις, ἐρῆμος, οἰοπόλος, ψαμαθώδης, Od.14.2, Il.10.520, 13.473, h.Merc.75; [full] πίων Hes.Op. 390; εὐαής ib. 599;καταστύφελος Id.Th. 806
;ἀσυνήθης Emp.118
; region, ἀτερπὴς χ., of the lower world, Od.11.94, cf. Emp.121; soεὐσεβῶν χ. Lycurg.96
, Pl.Ax. 371c, cf. IG12(7).115.20 ([place name] Amorgos);χ. ἀσεβῶν Pl.Ax. 371e
, Luc.Nec.12; ὁ περίγειος χ. the region of this world,τὸν π. καταλελοιπότες χῶρον μετεωροπολεῖν ἐγνώκασιν Ph.1.196
;δένδρε' ἔθαλλεν χ. Pi.O.3.23
: pl., Hdt.2.178;Βρόμιος δ' ἔχει τὸν χ. A.Eu.24
;θηρῶν οὓς ὅδ' ἔχει χῶρος S.Ph. 1148
(lyr.); ;πόδες δέ οἱ οὐχ ἑνὶ χώρῳ Call.Del. 192
.II land, country, Hdt.4.30; ὁ Λιβυκὸς χ. v. l. in Id.2.19;τοῦ Ἀταρνέος ἐστὶ χ. Id.1.160
;τῆς Ἀραβίης 2.75
: pl., lands,τῶν Θηβαίων ἔκειρε τοὺς χ. Id.9.15
, cf. S.OT 1126: metaph.,τὸ γὰρ νεάζον ἐν τοιοῖσδε βόσκεται χ. Id.Tr. 145
; χ... οὗτος (leg. αὑτός)ἀνθρώπου φρενῶν Id.Fr. 910
.2 landed property, estate, Axiop.5, X.Cyr.7.4.6.3 the country, opp. the town,ἐν τῷ χ. καὶ ἐν τῷ ἄστει Id.Oec.5.4
, cf. 11.18;σπείρω τ' ἄρουραν.. Βερέκυντα χ. A.Fr. 158
.4 country town, IG12(9).189.26 (Eretria, iv B. C., pl.);ὁ χ. ὁ Μοττιανῶν κτλ. LW1745
([place name] Gergis).—Rare in pure [dialect] Att. Prose (Th.2.20, 7.78, f.l. in Antipho 3.2.8), but common in X.------------------------------------χῶρος [(B)], ὁ,A north-west wind, Lat. corus, Act.Ap.27.12.
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