καταχθόν-ιος, ον,
also η, ον [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1413 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— subterranean, Ζεὺς καταχθόνιος, i.e. Pluto, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.457 (but Ζεὺς κ., = “Veiouis”, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.10)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Pluto, Demeter, Persephone, and the Erinyes, [[ “IG” 3.1423; δαίμονες κ. 4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor “in CA” I p.419 ] Refs 4th c.AD+] M.; = Latin Di Manes, [[ Anthologia Graeca 7.333] Refs]; κ.θεοί, = Latin Di Manes, frequently in sepulchral Inscrr., [[ “IG” 14.1660, +others ] Refs]