καταχθόν-ιος,
ον, also
η,
ον A.R. 4.1413 :—
A). subterranean,
Ζεὺς καταχθόνιος, i.e. Pluto,
Il. 9.457 (but
Ζεὺς κ., =
Veiouis,
D.H. 2.10 ); of Pluto, Demeter, Persephone, and the Erinyes,
IG 3.1423 ;
δαίμονες κ. Hierocl. in CA I
p.419 M.; = Lat.
Di Manes, AP 7.333 ;
κ.θεοί, = Lat.
Di Manes, freq. in sepulchral Inscrr.,
IG 14.1660 , al.