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adjective Classical Mythology.
of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth.
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Chthonic
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDto "sky"); O.Ir. du, gen. don "place," earlier "earth"). Chthonian is from 1850.
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