ἐγχώρ-ιος, ον,
also η or α, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.35, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (χώρα):— in or of the country, ἐσθὴς ἐγχωρίη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place]; ἐγχωρία λίμνα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place]; βασιλῆες [prev. work]9.56; ἐ. θεοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 14, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 183, “Sammelb.” 5680 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοὶ καὶ ἥρωες [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.74; Ἑλληνικοῖς καὶ ἐ. γράμμασι “OGI” 194.30 (1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάρτα δ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐ. a true-born Theban, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 413 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. [πυροί], opposed to ἐπείσακτοι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 836b22 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of winds, local, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.12.11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 substantive, dweller in the land, ἐ. τῆσδε γῆς inhabitants, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 871, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1167; οἱ ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 673a18, Wilcken “Chr.” 1.2 (3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 τὸ ἐ. as adverb, according to the custom of the country, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.78 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ίως [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 134. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of or for the country, rustic, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 344 (variant{ἐγκώμιον}). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]