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χθών

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn, full transference to n-stem (cf. εἷς (heîs), χῐών (khiṓn)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm, with the Proto-Indo-European cluster *dʰǵʰ- metathesizing into Proto-Greek *kʰtʰ- from an earlier Proto-Hellenic *tʰkʰṓn, since Greek stop clusters must always end in a dental. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa) and Latin humus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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χθών (khthṓnf (genitive χθονός); third declension

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

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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