Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Χθών • ‎(Khthṓn) f ‎(genitive Χθονός); third declension

1. the Earth, personified as a goddess

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: Χθών ‎(Chthón), Χθόνα ‎(Chthóna)
• Latin: Chthon

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011

Ancient Greek

Noun

χθών • ‎(khthṓn) f ‎(genitive χθονός); third declension

1. ground, soil, surface of the earth
2. earth, world
3. land, country

Inflection

References

• χθών in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χθών in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χθών in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «χθών» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «χθών» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• χθών in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Asia idem, page 1002.
  • country idem, page 178.
  • domain idem, page 246.
  • earth idem, page 259.
  • Earth idem, page 1009.
  • Gaea (earth regarded as a goddess) idem, page 1011.
  • ground idem, page 375.
  • land idem, page 475.
  • soil idem, page 791.
  • Sparta idem, page 1025.
  • Troy idem, page 1028.