chthonian

chthonian
/thoh"nee euhn/, adj. Class. Myth.
of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth.
Also, chthonic /thon"ik/.
[1840-50; < Gk chthóni(os) (chthon-, s. of chthón earth + -ios adj. suffix) + -AN; akin to L humus earth (see HUMUS)]

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