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ἀπόγειος, from land, coming off land

ἀπόγειος, α, ον, (γῆ)
  • from land, coming off land, ἄνεμοι, πνεῦμα, Arist. Mu. 394b14, Mete. 363a1, cf. Thphr. CP 2.3.1; ἡ ἀ. (sc. αὔρα) land breeze, Arist. Pr. 940b24; αἱ ἀπόγεαι ib. 945a4; τὰ ἀ. ib. 940b18.
      • 2 ἀπόγαιον or ἀπόγειον, τό, mooring cable, Plb. 33.9.6, Luc. VH 1.42, Polem. Call. 26, Lib. Or. 59.139, 61.21, etc.; in full, ἀπόγεια (-γυια cod.) σχοινία Hsch. s.v. γύαια; cf. ἀπόγυον.
    • II far from the earth, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.933b, cf. Olymp. in Mete. 10.14, al.: Comp., Cleom. 2.6, Ptol. Alm. 9.1: Sup., Theo Sm. p.157 H.; τὸ ἀ. (sc. σημεῖον), in Astronomy, a planetʼs greatest distance from the earth, apogee, Ptol. Alm. 3.3.
      • 2 from the shore, Luc. Lex. 15.

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