Noun:

அடோக்தோன்,

autochthon's Usage Examples:

ARGUS, in ancient Greek mythology, the son of Inachus, Agenor or Arestor, or, according to others, an earth-born hero (autochthon).

The name Erichthonius is connected with xecbv ("earth") and the representation of him as half-snake, like Cecrops, indicates that he was regarded as one of the autochthones, the ancestors of the Athenians who sprung from the soil.

gastrocnemius, tonic contraction obtains; but this, like the last mentioned, is not autochthonous in the muscles themselves; it is indirect and neural, and appears to be maintained reflexly.

The earliest inhabitants of Laconia, according to tradition, were the autochthonous Leleges.

autochthones) of the country, is inconsistent with the fact that the oldest authorities (e.

As one of the autochthones of Attica, Cecrops is represented as human in the upper part of his body, while the lower part is shaped like a dragon (hence he is sometimes called 5tOvi i s or geminus, Diod.

- The Khmers, the ancient inhabitants of Cambodia, are conjectured to have been the offspring of a fusion between the autochthonous dwellers in the Indo-Chinese peninsula, now represented by the Kouis and other savage tribes, and an invading race from the plateaus of central Asia.

It is not probable that the Eupatrid families were all autochthonous, even in the loose sense of that term.

Autochthones >>gastrocnemius, tonic contraction obtains; but this, like the last mentioned, is not autochthonous in the muscles themselves; it is indirect and neural, and appears to be maintained reflexly.

Striped muscles possessing an autochthonous tonus appear to be the various sphincter muscles.

The tribe is autochthonous, claiming descent from a son of the river Borysthenes Targitaos, who lived a thousand years before.

The lexicographers mention as characteristics of the Eupatridae that they are the autochthonous population, the dwellers in the city, the descendants of the royal stock.

Synonyms:

primitive person, primitive,

Antonyms:

late, civilized, trained,