κατάγειος,
Ionic dialect κατάγαιος, ον, under the earth, subterranean, θησαυρός [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.150; οἰκήματα [prev. author] 3.97, etc.; οἰκίαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.25; οἴκησις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 514a, “Prt.” 320e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ κ. from below ground, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 532b ] Refs]; οἰκίσκος κ. variant in [[ 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.21. ] Refs 7th c.AD+]
__II on the ground, τὰ κ. ground-floor rooms, opposed to ὑπερῷα, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.32 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; στρουθοὶ κ. ostriches, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.175, 192 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare κατώγειος.
__II.2 substantive, κατάγειον or κατάγαιον, τό, cellar, [[ POxy. 75.19 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]