ἀπόγειος,α,ον, (γῆ)
A. from land, coming off land, ἄνεμοι, πνεῦμα,
Arist. Mu. 394b14 , Mete. 363a1 , cf. Thphr. CP 2.3.1 ;ἡ ἀ.(sc.αὔρα)landbreeze,
Arist. Pr. 940b24 ;αἱ ἀπόγεαιib. 945a4 ;τὰ ἀ.ib. 940b18 .
2. ἀπόγαιονorἀπόγειον,τό, mooring cable,
Plb. 33.9.6 , Luc. VH 1.42 , Polem. Call. 26 , Lib. Or. 59.139 , 61.21 , etc.; in full,ἀπόγεια(-γυιαcod.) σχοινία
Hsch.
s.v. γύαια; cf.ἀπόγυον.
II. far from the earth,
Plu. 2.933b , cf. Olymp. in Mete. 10.14 ,al.: Comp. , Cleom. 2.6 , Ptol. Alm. 9.1 : Sup. , Theo Sm. p.157 H.;τὸ ἀ.(sc.σημεῖον), in Astronomy, a planet'sgreatest distance from the earth, apogee,
Ptol. Alm. 3.3 .
2. from the shore,
Luc. Lex. 15 .