ctonio
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin chthonius, from Ancient Greek χθόνιος (khthónios, “in or under the ground”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- (archaic, literary) underworldly, chthonian, chthonic
- 2009, Daniele Luttazzi, “La guerra civile fredda”, in La guerra civile fredda [Cold Civil War], 2nd edition (paperback), Feltrinelli, Come stanno davvero le cose [How Things Really Are], page 90:
- Nelle pitture pompeiane, Iside poggia il piede nudo sul serpente in quanto regina delle forze ctonie. La Madonna viene raffigurata allo stesso modo.
- In Pompeiian depictions, Isis steps on the snake with her bare foot as queen of the underworldly forces. The Virgin Mary is depicted in the same way.