ἐπιχώριος

A. in or of the country,

1. of persons, οἱ ἐ. the people of the country, natives, Hdt. 1.78,181,al.; οὑπιχώριοι χθονός S. OT 939, cf.E. Ionl.c.; also of birds, ἐ. ὄρνιθες A. Supp. 800, cf.661 (lyr.); οὐ πολλαχοῦ ἐ. Arist. HA 615a14.

2. of things, of or used in the country, ὑποδήματα Hdt. 1.195 ; κράνεα Id. 7.91, cf.Pi. P. 4.80 ; τὸν ἐ. τρόπον Ar. Pl. 47 ; freq. in neut., τὸ ἐ., τοὐπιχώριον the custom of the country, fashion, Id. Nu. 1173, Th. 6.27, etc.; τὰ ἐν Πέρσαις ἐ. X. Cyr. 1.4.25, cf. Hp. Aër. 1 :c.dat., usual, οἷόν τ’ ἐπιχώριον ἀνδράσι γυιον Emp. 62.8 ; ἐπιχώριον ὂν ἡμῖν c.inf., as it is the custom of our country, Th. 4.17 : c.gen., τῆς ἡμετέρας μούσης ἐ. Pl. Smp. 189b ; ἐπιχωρίου ὄντος τοῖς Πέρσαις φιλεῖν it being their custom to.., X. Ages. 5.4 ; ἐπιχώρια common things, Pi. P. 3.22, cf. Ar. Pl. 342 ; καλὰ ἐ. honours of the country, Pi. I. 7(6).2 ; ἐ. ἁμαρτήματα against fellow-countrymen, Pl. Lg. 730a ; ἐπιχώριαι ἐνενήκοντα (sc. δραχμαί) Michel 838 (Didyma). Adv. ‐ίως Ar. V. 859; in the language of the country, D.C. 38.13, Lyd. Mag. 1.7 ; in the local dialect, Gal. 14.303.