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gai=a, gh=: earth, land; distinguished from the heavens, (κῖ́ονες) αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιν, Od. 1.54; geographically, Ἀχαιίδα γαῖαν, esp. native land, πατρίδα γαῖαν, pl., οὐδέ τις ἄλλη φαίνετο γαιᾶ́ων ἀλλ' οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα, Od. 14.302; as substance, χυτὴ γαῖα, for a grave, Il. 6.464 ; κωφὴ γαῖα, silent dust, Il. 24.54; prov., ῦ̔μεῖς πάντες ὕδωρ καὶ γαῖα γένοισθε, Il. 7.99. The form γῆ is of less common occurrence, Od. 13.233, Od. 23.233, Il. 21.63.Personified, Γαῖα, Il. 15.36; Γῆ, Il. 3.104, Il. 19.259.