κατώτερος, -έρα, -ερον
(< κάτω), [in LXX for תַּחְתּוֹן, תַּחְתִּי;]
lower; τὰ. κ. τῆς γῆς (v. AR, Eph 4:9; for rendering this lower earth, v. ICC, Eph 4:9), the lower parts of the earth (cf. Ps 138 (139):15; cf. also MGr., ἡ κάτου γῆ, the underworld, Thumb, MGV, 334): Eph 4:9.†