ἄπιος, η, ον,
__B far away, far off, distant, τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.270, 3.49, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.18, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1685. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II Ἄπιος, α, ον, Apian, i.e. Peloponnesian, said (in this sense) to be derived from Ἆπις, Apis, a mythical king of Argos, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 260, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.5.7] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ἀπία γῆ, Ἀπία χθών, or Ἀπία alone, the Peloponnese, especially Argolis, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 256, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1303, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.650b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compareἈπίς probably in [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1564] Refs 3rd c.BC+]. [The former word has ᾰ, the latter ; yet [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1685 uses signification 1] Refs 5th c.BC+] with ᾱ, and later Epic dialect Poets have signification [[ 11 with ᾰ,compare 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus 13.] (Commonly derived from ἀπό, as ἀντίος] Refs 3rd c.BC+] from ἀντ; and [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus explanation ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης by ἀλλοτρίας ἢ ξένης ἢ μακρὰν οὔσης,compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.9.)] Refs 1st c.BC+]