as so denominated on
this account. It was a cave in the rock, abounding with variety of
subterranes, cut out into various apartments. These were, of old, inhabited
by Amonian priests; for they settled in these parts very early. It seems to
have been a wonderful work. [429][Greek: Aneoget' enteuthen spelaia
hupermegethe, katoikias megalas, kai poluteleis dedegmena.] _In these parts
were large openings in the earth, exhibiting caverns of a great extent;
which afforded very ample and superb apartments._ Diodorus informs us,
that, what was in his time called Caiete, had been sometimes styled
[430]Aiete: by which we may see, that it was a compound; and consisted of
two or more terms; but these terms were not precisely applicable to the
same object. Ai-Ete, or Ai-Ata, was the region of Ait, the Deity to whom it
was sacred. Colchis had the same name; whence its king was called Aietes:
and Egypt had the same, expressed by the Greeks [431][Greek: Aetia], Aetia.
Aiete was the district: Caiete was the cave and temple in that district;
where the Deity was worshipped.

In Boeotia was a cavern, into which the river Cephisus descended, and was
lost. It afterwards emerged from this gulf, and passed freely to the sea.
The place of eruption was called An-choa, which signifies Fontis apertura.
The later Greeks expressed it Anchoe[432]. [Greek: Kaleitai d' ho topos
Ankoe; esti de limen homonumos]. The etymology, I flatter myself, is plain,
and authenticated by the history of the place.

From Cho, and Choa, was probably derived the word [Greek: Choikos], used by
the apostle. [433][Greek: Ho protos anthropos ek ges Choikos; ho deuteros
anthropos ho Kurios ex ouranou. Hoios ho Choikos, kai toiautoi hoi
Choikoi.] Hesychius observes, [Greek: Choikos, pelinos, geinos]. From hence
we may perceive, that by Cho was originally meant a house or temple in the
earth. It was, as I have shewn, often expressed Gau, and Go; and made to
signify any house. Some nations used it in a still more extended sense; and
by it denoted a town or village, and any habitation at large. It is found
in this acceptation among the antient Celtae, and Germans, as we learn from
Cluverius. [434]Apud ipsos Germanos ejusmodi pagorum vernaculum vocabulum
fuit Gaw; et variantibus dialectis, gaw, gew, gow, gow, hinc--Brisgaw,
Wormesgaw, Zurichgow, Turgow, Nordgaw, Andegaw, Rhingaw, Hennegow,
Westergow, Oostergow. The antient term [Greek: Purgos], Purgos, was
properly Pur-Go; and sig