γῆ, ἡ,
occasionally in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, frequently in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and the only form in _Attic dialect_ Prose for γαῖα] Refs 8th c.BC+]: dual γαῖν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 736: _plural_ rare, γαῖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 934b9, γέαι “SIG” 279.40 (from Zelea), etc., “Anthologia Graeca” 9.430 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus): _genitive_ γεῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.198, “GDI” 5755.14 (from Mylasa)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῶν [[ “BGU” 993 iii 10 (2nd c.BC): _accusative_ γέας [3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus] 299, “SIG” 46.3 (Halic.), γᾶς “PTeb.” 6.31 (2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.26; 5th c.AD: Cypria ζᾶς “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.30 H.: _dative_ _plural_ γέαις probably in “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2693f9 (from Mylasa), “LW” 415.9 ([prev. passage])] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—earth (including land and sea, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.2)] Refs 7th c.BC+] opposed to heaven, or land opposed to sea, Γῆ τε καὶ Ἠέλιος καὶ Ἐρινύες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.259, compare 3.104 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς γ; [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.233; γῆς περίοδοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.36, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362b12, title of work by 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus: personified, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 69, “Pers.” 629, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ γῆν on land, by land, opposed to ναυσί, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐκ θαλάσσης, [[ [prev. author] 2.81; κατὰ γῆν στέλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.5, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γῆς on earth, opposed to νέρθε, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 416 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ γῆς below the earth, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 377, 475, etc.; κάτω γῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 968; ὑπὸ γῆς [prev. author] “fragment” 572; γᾶς ὑπένερθε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 292 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: genitive with local Adverbs, ἵνα γῆς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 168 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῦ, ποῖ, ὅποι γ., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 108, “Ph.” 1211, “El.” 922; ὅπου γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]