COMPOUND: καταχθόνιος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [P+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘subterranean’
ETYMOLOGY: κατά ‘down from, down into’ + noun root χθον- (χθών) ‘earth’ + adj. suf. -ιος, -ιον
OCCURRENCE: Il. IX, 457
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (P-argument) – tatpuruṣa (P-governing)
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