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ἐπιχώριος

ἐπιχώριος, in or of the country, local, native

ἐπιχώριος, α, ον, also ος, ον Pi. P. 4.80, Ar. Nu. 601, E. Ion 1111, etc.: (χώρα):—
  • 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. Ion l.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 τʼ ἐπιχώριον ἀνδράσι γυῖον 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; ἐπιχώρια 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 (Didyma). Adv. -ίως Ar. V. 859; in the language of the country, D.C. 38.13, Lyd. Mag. 1.7; in the local dialect, Gal. 14.303.

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