χαμαιτύπος
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
English (LSJ)
(parox.), ον,
A striking its prey near or on the ground, name of a certain hawk, opp. μετεωροθήρας, Arist.HA620a31. II χαμαιτύπος πόρνη, = Lat. scortum, Gloss.; but αἱ χαμαιτύποι is prob. f. l. for αἱ χαμαιτύπαι (corr. Wendland) in Ph.1.345, cf. χαμαιτύπη.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χᾰμαιτύπος: [ῡ], -ον, ὁ χαμαὶ τύπτων, ὁ τύπτων καὶ συναρπάζων τὸ θήραμα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καθήμενον, ὄνομα ἱέρακός τινος, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸν μετεωροθήραν, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 36, 3. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ αἰσχρᾶς σημασίας, ὡς ἀρσ. τοῦ χαμαιτύπη, ὃ ἴδε· ἡ χαμαιτύπος = χαμαιτύπη, Φίλων 1, 345.
