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χωρογρᾰφ-ία

chorographia · ἡ

description of a country

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What it meant

χωρογρᾰφ-ία · chōrograph-ia — LSJ

description of a country, countries, plans, maps

description of a country or countries, Plb. 34.1.5, Str. 8.3.17; title of works by Varro, Cicero, etc., cf. Ptol. Geog.Praef. 1: pl., plans or maps, SIG 685.71 (Magn. Mae., ii B. C.), Vitr. 8.2.6.

II assignment of countries

Astrol., assignment of countries to their tutelary sign or planet, Vett.Val. 360.24.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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