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ἔγγαιος

eggaios

in, of the land, native, within the land

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ἔγγαιος · engaios — LSJ

in, of the land, native

in or of the land, native, ἥβα A. Pers. 922 (anap.); τις . . οἰωνοπόλων ἔγγαιος Id. Supp. 59 (lyr.).

2 within the land

within the land, opp. ὑπερόριος, X. Smp. 4.31.

II in land, consisting of land, the fixtures, on mortgage

of property, in land, consisting of land, οὐσία Lys. Fr. 91, D. 36.5; κτήσεις ἔγγειοι καὶ οἰκίαι IG 9(2).338.9 (Thess.), cf. CIG 2056 (Odessus), Plb. 6.45.3; τὰ ἔγγεια the fixtures of a farm, D. 30.30; συμβόλαιον ἔγγειον Id. 33.3; στατῆρας δανεισάμενος ἐγγείων τόκων on mortgage, Id. 34.23 (ἑκατὸν μνᾶς ἐγγείους (v.l. ἐγγύους) ἐπὶ τόκῳ δεδανεισμένας is read by codd. in Lys. 32.15); ἔγγεια καὶ ναυτικά PEleph. 1.13 (iv B.C.).

III in, of the earth, plants

in or of the earth, [φυτὰ] ἔγγεια plants, Pl. R. 491d; φυτὸν οὐκ ἔγγειον, ἀλλὰ οὐράνιον Id. Ti. 90a; λίθων τὰ ἔγγαια μέρη Plu. QConv. 2.701c.

IV in, below the earth

in or below the earth, = χθόνιος, Ἀϊδωνεύς AP 7.480 (Leon.); χθόνιον καὶ ἔ. σκότος Plu. Frig. 2.953a; opp. ἐναέριος, Them. Or. 13.168b.

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