χαμᾶζε

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of χαμαί (khamaí) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)) + -δε (-de)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mâːz.de/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈma.zɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈma.ze/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈma.ze/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈma.ze/

Adverb

χᾰμᾶζε • (khamâze)

to the ground
Synonym: χαμάδις (khamádis)

Antonym: χαμᾶθεν (khamâthen)

Related terms

χαμάδις (khamádis)
χαμαί (khamaí)
χαμαιευνάς (khamaieunás)
χαμαιεύνης (khamaieúnēs)
χαμαίζηλος (khamaízēlos)
χαμαικοίτης (khamaikoítēs)
χαμαῖθεν (khamaîthen)
χαμόθεν (khamóthen)
χαμᾶθεν (khamâthen)
χθαμαλός (khthamalós)
χθών (khthṓn)

Further reading

χαμᾶζε in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ground idem, page 375.

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