in
ἐπιχώριος,α,ον, alsoος,ον
Pi. P. 4.80 , Ar. Nu. 601 , E. Ion 1111 , etc.: (χώρα):—
A. inorof the country,
1. of persons, οἱ ἐ. the people of the country, natives,
Hdt. 1.78
, 181 ,al.; οὑπιχώριοι χθονός
S. OT 939
, cf. E. Ion l.c.; also of birds, ἐ. ὄρνιθες
A. Supp. 800
, cf. 661 (lyr.); οὐ πολλαχοῦ ἐ.
Arist. HA 615a14
.
2. of things,oforused in the country,
ὑποδήματα
Hdt. 1.195
; κράνεα
Id. 7.91
, cf. Pi. P. 4.80 ; τὸν ἐ. τρόπον
Ar. Pl. 47
; freq. in neut., τὸ ἐ., τοὐπιχώριον the custom of the country, fashion,
Id. Nu. 1173
, Th. 6.27 , etc.; τὰ ἐν Πέρσαις ἐ.
X. Cyr. 1.4.25
, cf. Hp.
Aër.
1 :c.dat.,usual,
οἷόν τ' ἐπιχώριον ἀνδράσι γυιον
Emp. 62.8
;ἐπιχώριον ὂν ἡμῖνc.inf., as itis the custom ofourcountry,
Th. 4.17 : c.gen., τῆς ἡμετέρας μούσης ἐ.
Pl. Smp. 189b
;ἐπιχωρίου ὄντος τοῖς Πέρσαις φιλεῖνit being theircustomto.., X. Ages. 5.4 ; ἐπιχώρια common things,
Pi. P. 3.22
, cf. Ar. Pl. 342 ;καλὰ ἐ.honoursof the country,
Pi. I. 7(6).2 ; ἐ. ἁμαρτήματα against fellow-countrymen,
Pl. Lg. 730a
;ἐπιχώριαι ἐνενήκοντα(sc.δραχμαί) Michel 838 (Didyma).Adv.
-ίως
Ar. V. 859
;in the language of the country,
D.C. 38.13 , Lyd. Mag. 1.7 ;in the local dialect,
Gal. 14.303 .
