ἐπίγειος, ον,
on or of the earth, terrestrial, [[ ζῷα Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 546a; βροτοί “IG” 14.1571 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to ὑπόγειος, [[“PMag.Par.” 1.3043 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2. creeping, of plants, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 3.18.6, 6.2.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], +others; but land-plants, opposed to water-plants, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “PA” 681a21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; living on the ground, [ὄρνιθες], τετράποδα, [[ [prev\. author] “HA” 633b1, “PA” 657b24. ] Refs]
__3. neuter plural, ἐπίγεια ground-floor, opposed to πύργος διώρυφος, [[ “PPetr.” 2p.20 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II. substantive ἐπίγειον, τό, misspelling of ἐπίγυον, variant in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “fragment” 80, 426. (Cf. ἐπίγαιος.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]