A.in or of the country,
1. of persons, “οἱ ἐ.” the people of the country, natives, Hdt.1.78,181,al.; “οὑπιχώριοι χθονός” S.OT939, cf.E.Ionl.c.; also of birds, “ἐ. ὄρνιθες” A.Supp.800, cf.661 (lyr.); “οὐ πολλαχοῦ ἐ.” Arist.HA615a14.
2. of things, of or used in the country, “ὑποδήματα” Hdt.1.195 ; “κράνεα” Id.7.91, cf.Pi.P.4.80 ; “τὸν ἐ. τρόπον” Ar.Pl.47 ; freq. in neut., “τὸ ἐ., τοὐπιχώριον” the custom of the country, fashion, Id.Nu.1173, Th.6.27, etc.; “τὰ ἐν Πέρσαις ἐ.” X.Cyr. 1.4.25, cf. Hp.Aër.1 :c.dat., usual, “οἷόν τ᾽ ἐπιχώριον ἀνδράσι γυιον” Emp.62.8 ; ἐπιχώριον ὂν ἡμῖν c.inf., as it is the custom of our country, Th.4.17 : c.gen., “τῆς ἡμετέρας μούσης ἐ.” Pl.Smp.189b ; ἐπιχωρίου ὄντος τοῖς Πέρσαις φιλεῖν it being their custom to.., X.Ages.5.4 ; “ἐπιχώρια” common things, Pi.P.3.22, cf. Ar.Pl.342 ; καλὰ ἐ. honours of the country, Pi.I.7(6).2 ; “ἐ. ἁμαρτήματα” against fellow-countrymen, Pl.Lg.730a ; ἐπιχώριαι ἐνενήκοντα (sc. δραχμαί) Michel838 (Didyma). Adv. “-ίως” Ar.V.859; in the language of the country, D.C.38.13, Lyd. Mag.1.7 ; in the local dialect, Gal.14.303.
