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ἐπιχώριος , α, ον, also ος, ον Pi.P.4.80, Ar.Nu.601, E.Ion1111, etc.: (χώρα):—
A.in or of the country,
1. of persons, “οἱ .the people of the country, natives, Hdt.1.78,181,al.; “οὑπιχώριοι χθονόςS.OT939, cf.E.Ionl.c.; also of birds, “. ὄρνιθεςA.Supp.800, cf.661 (lyr.); “οὐ πολλαχοῦ .Arist.HA615a14.
2. of things, of or used in the country,ὑποδήματαHdt.1.195 ; “κράνεαId.7.91, cf.Pi.P.4.80 ; “τὸν . τρόπονAr.Pl.47 ; freq. in neut., “τὸ ., τοὐπιχώριονthe custom of the country, fashion, Id.Nu.1173, Th.6.27, etc.; “τὰ ἐν Πέρσαις .X.Cyr. 1.4.25, cf. Hp.Aër.1 :c.dat., usual,οἷόν τ᾽ ἐπιχώριον ἀνδράσι γυιονEmp.62.8 ; ἐπιχώριον ὂν ἡμῖν c.inf., as it is the custom of our country, Th.4.17 : c.gen., “τῆς ἡμετέρας μούσης .Pl.Smp.189b ; ἐπιχωρίου ὄντος τοῖς Πέρσαις φιλεῖν it being their custom to.., X.Ages.5.4 ; “ἐπιχώριαcommon things, Pi.P.3.22, cf. Ar.Pl.342 ; καλὰ . honours of the country, Pi.I.7(6).2 ; “. ἁμαρτήματαagainst fellow-countrymen, Pl.Lg.730a ; ἐπιχώριαι ἐνενήκοντα (sc. δραχμαί) Michel838 (Didyma). Adv. “-ίωςAr.V.859; in the language of the country, D.C.38.13, Lyd. Mag.1.7 ; in the local dialect, Gal.14.303.
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