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χωρογρά̆φ-ος

chorographos

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. χωρο-γράφος · chōro-graphos — Chantraine

χωρο-γράφος m. celui qui fait des relevés cartographiques (Str.), avec -έω (Str.), -ἰα (PIb., Str.), -1x66 (Str.) ; χωρομέτρης m. « arpenteur » (inscr. 155 8. après), avec Ξέω (Str.), -ἰα (Str.) ; xwpo-6érnc τὰ. appareil de mesure des niveaux, pour les adductions d'eau (Vitr.), -6æréw «user d’un niveau » (Hero), « arpenter » (LXX). Dérivés : 1. diminutifs : formellement χωρίον n. «espace, lieu » (Hdt., etc.) avec … — [Chantraine, s.v. χωρο-γράφος, p. 1302]

2. χωρογρά̆φ-ος · chōrograph-os — LSJ

describing countries

describing countries. opp. to the more special term τοπογράφος (describing the single places), as well as to the still more general term γεωγράφος, Str. 1.1.16.

In the wild

χωρογράφος · chōrographos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1180)

Where it came from

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