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ἐγχώρ-ιος

egchorios

in, of the country, a true-born

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 8 · 16.59/10k
Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Leviticus 2 · 1.07/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

in, of the country, a true-born, local

in or of the country, ἐσθὴς ἐγχωρίη Hdt. l.c.; ἐγχωρία λίμνα Pi. l.c.; βασιλῆες ib. 9.56; ἐ. θεοί A. Th. 14, S. Tr. 183, Sammelb. 5680 (iii B. C.); θεοὶ καὶ ἥρωες Th. 2.74; Ἑλληνικοῖς καὶ ἐ. γράμμασι OGI 194.30 (i B. C.); κάρτα δʼ ἔστʼ ἐ. a true-born Theban, A. Th. 413; ἐ. [πυροί], opp. ἐπείσακτοι, Arist. Mir. 836b22; of winds, local, Thphr. CP 5.12.11.

2 dweller in, inhabitants

Subst., dweller in the land, ἐ. τῆσδε γῆς inhabitants, S. OC 871, cf. E. Ion 1167; οἱ ἐ. Arist. PA 673a18, Wilcken Chr. 1.2 (iii B. C.), etc.

3 according to the custom of the country

τὸ ἐ. as Adv., according to the custom of the country, Th. 4.78. Adv. -ίως Sch. E. Ph. 134.

II of, for the country, rustic

of or for the country, rustic, Hes. Op. 344 (v.l. ἐγκώμιον).

III

ἐγχώριον· τόκος, δάνειον, Hsch.

In the wild

ἐγχωρίων · enchōriōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1643–1645
ἐγχωρίους · enchōrious Aeschylus, Agamemnon 810–812
ἐγχωρίων · enchōriōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 10–15
ἐγχώριος · enchōrios Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 412–413
ἐγχωρίαις · enchōriais Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 279–280
ἐγχωρίοις · enchōriois Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 704–706

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