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gai=a, gh=:
earth, land; distinguished from the heavens, (κῖ́ονες)
αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιν, Od. 1.54; geographically,
Ἀχαιίδα γαῖαν, esp. native land,
πατρίδα γαῖαν, pl.,
οὐδέ τις ἄλλη φαίνετο γαιᾶ́ων
ἀλλ' οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα, Od. 14.302; as substance,
χυτὴ γαῖα, for a grave, Il. 6.464 ;
κωφὴ γαῖα, silent dust, Il. 24.54; prov., ῦ̔μεῖς
πάντες ὕδωρ καὶ γαῖα γένοισθε, Il. 7.99. The form
γῆ is of less common occurrence, Od. 13.233, Od. 23.233, Il. 21.63.Personified,
Γαῖα, Il. 15.36;
Γῆ, Il. 3.104, Il. 19.259.