Definition of epichoric

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epichoric

adjective

Of or pertaining to a specific location; local (especially with reference to forms of the Ancient Greek alphabet).

- 1957: These characteristic monuments do not, however, seem to survive the script. " Tullia Rí¶nne & Peter Marshall Fraser, Boeotian and West Greek Tombstones (Gleerup 1957, p. 37)
- 1986: However, there are also a number of other inscriptions which do not appear in either Kalinka's or Neumann's collections. " Trevor Bryce, The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources (Museum Tusculanum Press 1986, p. 43)

Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, á), from (polytonic, á) + (polytonic, ) "country".

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