χαμᾶζε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv., (χαμαί) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to the ground, on the ground</b>, freq. in Hom., ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χ. <span class="bibl">Il.3.29</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ πύργου βαῖνε χ</b>. stepped <b class="b2">to the ground</b>, <span class="bibl">21.529</span>; [κεραυνὸν] ἧκε χ. <span class="bibl">8.134</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.497</span>, <span class="bibl">20.461</span>; χ. κάππεσεν <span class="bibl">15.537</span>; τόξον . . θῆκε χ. <span class="bibl">Od.21.136</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">22.340</span>: rare in Trag. and Com., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>633</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>341</span>, <span class="bibl">344</span> (both troch.); μὴ πέσῃ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>1012</span> (lyr.); χ. προβαίνουσα <span class="bibl">Babr. 115.13</span>; freq. in later Prose, χ. θυρεοῖς κεκλιμένοις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>28</span>; ἔχειν χ. δύ' ὀβολώ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>2</span>. (On the exceptional accent cf. Ael. Dion.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>322</span>, Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.951</span>.)</span>