γῆ, ἡ,
occasionally in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: dual γαῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῶν [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—
earth (including land and sea, [
Refs 7th c.BC+] opposed to
heaven, or
land opposed to
sea, Γῆ τε καὶ Ἠέλιος καὶ Ἐρινύες [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς γ; [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ γῆν on
land, by
land, opposed to ναυσί, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐκ θαλάσσης, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γῆς on
earth, opposed to νέρθε, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ γῆς below
the earth, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
genitive with local Adverbs, ἵνα γῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῦ, ποῖ, ὅποι γ., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 earth, as an element, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
2.b γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν, as tokens of submission, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II land, country, καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνεσθαι, διώκειν, from
land to land, [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; one's
native land, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; frequently omitted with
article, ἐκ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ (i.e. γῆς) δραπέτας [
Refs]
II.2 frequently in Trag.,
city, αὐτός τε καὶ γῆ δορὶ πεσοῦσ᾽ Ἑλληνικῷ [
Refs]
III the earth or
ground as tilled, ἄροτον γῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; τὴν γῆν ἐργάζεσθαι, θεραπεύειν, till
the ground, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2 estate, farm, γῆν πρίασθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γῇ δανείζειν lend on mortgage, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV of particular
kinds of earth or
minerals, e.g.
fuller's earth. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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