ἄπιος(B),η,ον,
A. far away, far off, distant,
τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης
Il. 1.270
, 3.49 , Od. 16.18 , cf. S. OC 1685 .
II. Ἄπιος,α,ον, Apian,i.e.Peloponnesian,said (in this sense) to be derived fromἎπις,Apis, a mythical king of Argos, A. Supp. 260 , cf. Paus. 2.5.7 ;Ἀπία γῆ, Ἀπία χθών,orἈπίαalone,the Peloponnese,esp.Argolis,
A. Ag. 256 , S. OC 1303 , Ath. 14.650b , etc.; cf.Ἀπίςprob. in A.R. 4.1564 . [The former word hasᾰ, the latterᾱ;yet S. OC 1685 uses signf. 1 withᾱ, and later Ep. Poets have signf. 11 withᾰ, cf. Rhian. 13 .] (Commonly derived fromἀπό,asἀντίοςfromἀντί;and Hsch. expl.ἐξ ἀπίης γαίηςbyἀλλοτρίας ἢ ξένης ἢ μακρὰν οὔσης,cf. Str. 8.6.9 .)