χθόνιος

χθόνιος, α, ον, also ος, ον S.OC1727 (lyr.), E.Hipp.1201, Hel.345 (lyr.): ([etym.] χθών):—

A in, under, or beneath the earth, θεός, δαίμων, Hes.Th. 767, A.Th.522 (lyr.); Ἄϊδα στόμα, of the cavern at Taenarus, Pi.P.4.43, cf. S.OC1727 (lyr.);

χ. λίμνη E.Alc.902

(anap.); Ζεὺς χ., of Hades or Pluto, Hes.Op.465; κτύπησε Ζεὺς χ., of noise from beneath the earth, S.OC1606;

βροντήματα χ. A.Pr.994

;

ἠχὼ χ. ὡς βροντὴ Διός E.Hipp.

l.c., cf. Ar.Av.1750 (lyr.); χ. θεοί gods of the nether world, opp. ὕπατοι, A.Ag.89 (anap.), etc.;

χ. δαίμονες Id.Pers.628

(anap.); χθόνιοι alone,

μᾶνις χθονίων Pi.P.4.159

, cf. A.Pers.641 (lyr.), Ch. 399 (lyr.), al., Pl.Lg.828c, 959d (but [dialect] Ion. χθονίη, ἡ, earlier name of Γῆ, Pherecyd.Syr.1, cf. Dam.Pr.124bis; χ. θεαί, i.e. Demeter and Persephone, Hdt.6.134, 7.153; of the Erinyes, S.OC1568 (lyr.); χ. Ἅιδας, Ἅιδης, E.Alc.237 (lyr.), Andr.544 (anap.); χ. Ἑρμῆς, as conductor of the dead, A.Ch.1, S.El.111 (anap.), Aj.832, Ar.Ra. 1145, Plu.Arist.21; χ. πορεία, opp. οὐρανία, Pl.R.619e; χθονίᾳ φρενί, of the dead, Pi.P.5.101;

χ. Ἑκάτη Ar.Fr.500

(anap.); χάρις ἡ χ. grace with the gods below, S.OC1752 (lyr.); χ. φάμα rumour that is heard in the world below, Id.El.1066 (lyr.).

II sprung from the earth,

Τιτῆνες Hes.Th.697

; of Echion, one of the Theban γηγενεῖς, E.Ba.541 (lyr.), cf. Paus.9.5.3, etc.; but also of mankind, ὁ χ. ἄνθρωπος, opp. ὁ ἐν οὐρανῷ . . λαχὼν τὴν ὑπόστασιν, Procl. in Prm.p.765 S. Adv. χθονίως in an earthly manner, opp. οὐρανίως, Id.Sacr. p.148 B.

2 in or of the country, θεοί, ἡρῷσσαι, E.Hec.79 (anap.), A.R.4.1322; native,

Ἄρεος . . πάγον . . ξυνῄδη χθόνιον ὄντα S.OC948

;

γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπ' Ἐρεχθειδᾶν Id.Aj.202

(anap.).

III of things, of the earth, χ. κόνις (sed leg. γαΐα, Hsch.), A.Th.736 (codd., lyr.); opp. ἀέριος, E.Fr.27.4 (lyr.);

πρηστήρ Arist.Mu.395a10

.—Poet. word, used once or twice in Pl. and in late Prose (v. supr.).