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ἀπόγειος , α, ον, (γῆ)
A.from land, coming off land, ἄνεμοι, πνεῦμα, Arist.Mu.394b14, Mete.363a1, cf. Thphr.CP2.3.1; . (sc. αὔρα) landbreeze, Arist.Pr.940b24; αἱ ἀπόγεαι ib.945a4; τὰ . ib.940b18.
2. ἀπόγαιον or ἀπόγειον, τό, mooring cable, Plb.33.9.6, Luc.VH1.42, Polem.Call.26, Lib.Or.59.139, 61.21, etc.; in full, ἀπόγεια -γυια cod.) “σχοινίαHsch. s.v. γύαια; cf. ἀπόγυον.
II. far from the earth, Plu.2.933b, cf. Olymp.in Mete.10.14,al.: Comp., Cleom.2.6, Ptol.Alm.9.1: Sup., Theo Sm.p.157 H.; τὸ . (sc. σημεῖον), in Astronomy, a planet's greatest distance from the earth, apogee, Ptol. Alm.3.3.
2. from the shore, Luc.Lex.15.
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