The corpus record

Ὠγύγιος

*ogugios

Ogygian, of

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Where it lives

Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Odyssey 6 · 0.69/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Ogygian, of, from Ogyges, primeval, primal, from earliest ages

Ogygian, of or from Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica: hence generally, primeval, primal, Στυγὸς ὕδωρ Hes. Th. 806; ὠ. πῦρ Emp. 84.7; Φλιοῦντος ὑπʼ ὠγυγίοις ὄρεσιν Pi. N. 6.44 (ὠγυγίοιʼ Bgk.); τὰς ὠ. Θήβας A. Pers. 37 (anap.), cf. S. OC 1770 (anap.); τὰς ὠ. Ἀθάνας A. Pers. 975 (lyr.), cf. Th. l.c.; γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν ὠ. Id. Eu. 1036 (lyr.); σὲ . . τόδʼ ἐλήλυθεν πᾶν κράτος ὠγύγιον from earliest ages, S. Ph. 142 (lyr.).

2 gigantic

gigantic, Hld. 10.25.

In the wild

ὠγυγίοισιν · ōgygioisin Aeschylus, Eumenides 1032–1039
ὠγυγίους · ōgygious Aeschylus, Persians 974–977
ὠγυγίους · ōgygious Aeschylus, Persians 34–40
ὠγυγίαν · ōgygian Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 321–328
ὠγύγιον · ōgygion Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 29)
Ὠγύγια · Ōgygia Euripides, Phoenissae *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 659)

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Where it came from

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