ἐπίγειος
ον, Subst., τό
A.
on or of the earth, terrestrial, ζῷα Pl. R. 546a; βροτοί IG 14.1571; opp. ὑπόγειος, PMag.Par. 1.3043 (iii A.D.), etc.
2.
. creeping, of plants, Thphr. HP 3.18.6,6.2.2, al.; but land-plants, opp. water-plants, Arist. PA 681a21; living on the ground, [ὄρνιθες], τετράποδα, Id. HA 633b1, PA 657b24.
3.
. neut. pl., ἐπίγεια ground-floor, opp. πύργος διώρυφος, PPetr. 2p.20 (iii B.C.).
II.
. Subst. ἐπίγειον, τό, misspelling of ἐπίγυον, v.l. in Ar. Fr. 80,426. (Cf. ἐπίγαιος.)