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χερσ-αῖος

chersaios

auf dem Lande (Festlande) lebend

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What it meant

1. χερσ-αἴος · chers-aios — Frisk

χερσ-αἴος "auf dem Lande (Festlande) lebend’ (ion. att.), -wog ‘ds.’ (Plin.), -söns “unfruchtbar’ (Pap.). 3. Subst. xeoo-irng m. “Bebauer von Ödland’ (Pap. 1118), -ia (-eia) f. "Ödlandl, ἐρημία᾽ (Pap., H.); auch παραχερσ-ία von einem Acker (PTeb. 378, 13; 265P), von *nagd-xeocos “an der x. gelegen’ (vgl. πάραλ-ος, -ia), “einer x. nahekommend’; ἐν rn. “in einem Zustand, der einer x. nahekommt’. 4. Verba: a) χερσ-εύω … — [Frisk, s.v. χερσ-αἴος, p. 2062]

2. χερσ-αῖος · chers-aios — LSJ

from, of dry land, living, found thereon, hunting of land-animals, landsmen, an inland, travelling by land

from or of dry land, living or found thereon, ὄρνιθες χ., opp. λιμναῖοι, Hdt. 7.119; κροκόδειλοι Id. 4.192; ζῷα χ., opp. θαλάσσια, πετεινά, Id. 2.123, cf. Pl. Ti. 40a; χελώνη χ., opp. θαλασσία, v. χελώνη; μύες χ., Arist. Mir. 842b7; ὄφεις, opp. θαλάττιαι, Id. HA 505b9; ἡ χ. (sc. θήρα) hunting of land-animals, opp. fishing, Pl. Sph. 223b, cf. AP 9.14 (Antiphil.); of landsmen, opp. seamen, E. Andr. 457, Th. 7.67; χ. παρασκευή, opp. ναυτική, Ascl. Tact. 1.1; χ. πόλις an inland city, opp. seaport (ἐ

II

ἡ χερσαῖος, as Subst., = χερσόνησος, Lyc. 534.

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