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ὀρεινός

oreinos

mountainous, hilly

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὀρεινός · oreinos — LSJ

mountainous, hilly, hill-country

mountainous, hilly, χώρη Hdt. 1.110, cf. 2.34 ; opp. πεδινός, X. Cyr. 1.6.43 ; opp. πεδιάς, J. BJ 3.3.4 ; ὀρεινὴν οὖσαν [τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν] Arist. Mete. 351a3 ; ἡ ὀρεινή hill-country, Id. HA 556a4, al.

II of, from the mountains, dwelling on the mountains, mountain nature

of or from the mountains, dwelling on the mountains, οἱ ὀ. Θρᾶκες Th. 2.96, X. An. 7.4.11 ; of birds, Arist. HA 592b19 ; of plants, Thphr. HP 6.8.3 ; τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὸ ὀ. his wild and mountain nature, Pl. Cra. 394e : metaph., ὀ. ἱμάτιον, = ἄκναπτον, Com.Adesp. 328.

III belonging to the edge of the desert

in Egypt, belonging to the edge of the desert, esp. as epith. of canals, PTeb. 61 (b). 160, al. (ii B. C.).

In the wild

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Where it came from

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