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chtho⋅ni⋅an
[thoh-nee-uh
n] 
–adjective Classical Mythology.
| of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth. |
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| chthon·ic (thŏn'ĭk) adj. Greek Mythology Of or relating to the underworld. [From Greek khthonios, of the earth, from khthōn, earth; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Chthonic
Chthon"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, the earth.] Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions. [The] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. --Max M["u]ller.
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chthonic
1882, from Gk. khthonios "in the earth," from khthon "the earth, solid surface of the earth" (mostly poetic) from PIE root *dhghem- (cf. first element in chameleon, also L. humus "earth, soil," humilis "low;" Lith. zeme, O.C.S. zemlja "earth;" Skt. ksam- "earth" (opposed to "sky"); O.Ir. du, gen. don "place," earlier "earth"). Chthonian is from 1850.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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