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χαμαί

chamai

on the ground

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Where it lives

  • Daniel (LXX) 4 · 3.81/10k
  • Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
  • Judith 2 · 2.28/10k
  • Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
  • Euthyphro 1 · 1.93/10k
  • Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
  • Iliad 19 · 1.7/10k
  • Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
  • John 2 · 1.31/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
  • Job 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

on the ground

on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι Od. 7.160; τὸν αὖ χ. ἐξενάριξε Il. 11.145; χ. ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων 5.442, cf. Sapph. 94, etc.; χ. τιθεὶς πόδα A. Ag. 906; αἷμα μητρῷον χ. Id. Eu. 261 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Ach. 869, Eq. 155, Nu. 231, al.; θέντες χ. Hdt. 4.67; χ. καθίζοντες Pl. Criti. 120b; χ. κείμενος IG 2(2).1672.305; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opp. ἐπὶ δένδρου, Arist. HA 618a10.

2 underground, earth

metaph., ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, Pi. N. 9.7; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, Luc. Herm. 5, Icar. 6; ὁ χ. βίος Metrod. Fr. 38.

II to earth, to the ground

= χαμᾶζε, to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν Il. 4.482; χ. βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι 5.588, cf. Od. 22.188, Il. 4.526; ἐκ δίφροιο χαμαὶ θόρε 8.320; μὴ χ. πεσεῖν to the ground, E. Med. 1170; οὐ χ. πεσεῖται ὅ τι ἂν εἴπῃς Pl. Euthphr. 14d; ἔπτυσε χ. Ev.Jo. 9.6; also ἐκβαλεῖν εἰς τὸ χ. AP 11.89 (Lucill.). (Cf. Lat. humus, humi, Lith. žẽmė ‘earth’.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χαμαί (scan pp. 1663-1664; entry #6512).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χαμαί (scan p. 1265; entry #8654).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χαμαί (scan pp. 2043-2044; entry #6050).

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