γαῖα, ἡ,
genitive γαίης [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (and 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus, see below), Trag. γαίας, _dative_ γαίᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 618, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 659, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 736, etc., _accusative_ γαῖαν: _nominative_ γαίη] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in late Poets, [[ “IG” 14.1935, etc.; _Doric dialect_ γαίᾱ [prev. work]803 (from Naples): _plural_ γαῖαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” (see. below), LXX.2Ki.18.35, +others:—poetry for γῆ] LXX+8th c.BC+], land, country, φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν to one's dear fatherland, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.140, +others; γαῖάν τε τεὴν δῆμόν τε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.555: _plural_, οὐδέ τις ἄλλη φαίνετο γαιάων 12.404, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 882. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 earth, χυτὴ γ. earth thrown up to form a cairn, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.256 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὦ γ. κεραμί, of potters' earth, [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 43, compare 5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 4; κύτος πλαστὸν ἐκ γαίης 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 52.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the forms γαιῶν, γαίαις, γαίας in codices of [[ LXX are written for γεῶν, etc. ] Refs]
__3 earth, as an element, ὑμεῖς.. ὕδωρ καὶ γ. γένοισθε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.99; ἐμοῦ θανόντος γ. μειχθήτω πυρί “Tragica Adespota” 513; γαίης καὶ ὕδατος ἐκγενόμεσθα 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 33, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.18, 109.1, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II the earth, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.20: elsewhere Γαῖα] Refs 3rd c.BC+], as proper name, [[ “Earth”, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 45, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 2, etc. (The usually form in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; used in Trag. for the sake of meter and by Comedy texts in paratragoedia, see above)