γάϊος[ᾱ], α, ον,
Doric dialectfor γήϊος, onland, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 826 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; earthy, γ. κόνις [[ [prev. author] “Th.” 736 ] Refs]; of the land, κόγχοι [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 42.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παῖς γ. child of earth, terrae filius, of a slave, probably in [[ “IG” 14.1432 (compare γάϊος παρὰ Ἰταλιώταις καὶ Ταραντίνοις ὁ μίσθιος 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 188.30, compare “Etymologicum Magnum” 223.24)] Refs]; ἄνεμος a land wind, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; also, ={ἐργάτης βοῦς}, [[[prev. author], “Etymologicum Magnum” [prev. cited] ] Refs]
__II τὸν γάϊον, ={καταχθόνιον}, probably in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 156 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]