χερσ-αῖος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 534] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (χέρσος):— from or of dry land, living or found thereon, ὄρνιθες χ., opposed to λιμναῖοι, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.119; κροκόδειλοι [prev. author] 4.192 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα χ., opposed to θαλάσσια, πετεινά, [[ [prev. author] 2.123, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 40a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χελώνη χ., opposed to θαλασσία, see at {χελών; μύες χ}., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 842b7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄφεις, opposed to θαλάττιαι, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 505b9 ] Refs]; ἡ χ. (i.e. θήρα) hunting of land-animals, opposed to fishing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 223b, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.14 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of landsmen, opposed to seamen, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 457, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. παρασκευή, opposed to ναυτική, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 1.1] Refs 1st c.BC+]; χ. πόλις an inland city, opposed to seaport (ἐπιθαλαττίδιος), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 704b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδοὶ χ., opposed to voyages, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 11.42 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus), compare 4.3b. 46 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.BC+]: travelling by land, βραδὺς καὶ χ. Ἔρως [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.750b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; κῦμα στρατοῦ, opposed to a fleet, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 64 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 919. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II ἡ χερσαῖος, as substantive, ={χερσόνησος}, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 534. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]