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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -chthonian-, *chthonian*
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chthonian(adj) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth, Syn. chthonic, nether, Example: nether regions

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Chthonian

a. [ Gr. &unr_; in or under the earth, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, earth. ] Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarily ghosts.
Syn. -- chthonic, lower, nether. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Chthonic

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the earth. ] Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The ] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Deep into the sunken palace where the chthonic monster waits."ลึกลงไปสู่ปราสาทจมน้ำ ที่ซึ่ง ปีศาจใต้พิภพรออยู่" Inferno (2016)
Belongs to a specific category of Greek spirits. The chthonic monsters.ตำนานนี้เป็นของกรีกโดยเฉพาะ ปีศาจใต้พิภพ Inferno (2016)

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