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χθαμαλός

chthamalos

near the ground, on the ground, low

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Where it lives

Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

χθᾰμᾰλός · chthamalos — LSJ

near the ground, on the ground, low

near the ground, on the ground, low, εὐναί Od. 11.194; σκόπελος -ώτερος 12.101; τεῖχος -ώτατον Il. 13.683, cf. Plu. Arat. 18; οἰκοδομεῖν -ώτερα τὰ πρὸς ἄρκτον X. Mem. 3.8.9; χ. Αἴγυπτος Theoc. 17.79; λόφοι -ώτεροι Plb. 10.10.7; χ. δένδρα Plu. Fort.Rom. 2.320c; τὰ χ. ib. Cons.Apoll. 103e; τὴν πόλιν ἐν τῷ χ. κεῖσθαι D.Chr. 6.2; also of the sea, κῦμα χ. Hld. 5.1, cf. Ach.Tat. 3.2.

of Ithaca, αὐτὴ δὲ χθαμαλὴ πανυπερτάτη εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται πρὸς ζόφον dub. sens. in Od. 9.25, cf. 10.196, Str. 10.2.12.

III of humble station

metaph. of persons of humble station, χ. καὶ μικροπρεπεῖς Them. Or. 9.126a, 34p.469Dind. (Comp.); also δικαιοσύνη Id. Or. 8.118d (Comp.).

2 sitting in a lower place

sitting in a lower place, Hld. 10.6.

3 pedestrian

pedestrian, ἀνειμένη καὶ χ. Δωρίς Proll.Theoc. p.5 Wendel.

In the wild

χθαμαλώτατον · chthamalōtaton Iliad 13.683
χθαμαλὴ · chthamalē Odyssey 10.196
χθαμαλαὶ · chthamalai Odyssey 11.194
χθαμαλώτερον · chthamalōteron Odyssey 12.101
χθαμαλὴ · chthamalē Odyssey 9.25
χθαμαλώτερα · chthamalōtera Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.8.9 (DIORISIS sentence 1294)

Where it came from

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