Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαμαιπετής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαμαιπετής χαμαιπετές

Structure: χαμαιπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pi/ptw

Sense

  1. falling to the ground, that has fallen on the earth, prostrate
  2. lying on the ground
  3. on the ground
  4. along the ground
  5. falling to the ground, coming to naught
  6. grovelling, low

Examples

  • ἄγετε τὸν ἁβρὸν δήποτ’ ἐν Τροίᾳ πόδα, νῦν δ’ ὄντα δοῦλον, στιβάδα πρὸσ χαμαιπετῆ πέτρινά τε κρήδεμν’, ὡσ πεσοῦσ’ ἀποφθαρῶ δακρύοισ καταξανθεῖσα. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic26)
  • Ἄρειον πεδίον ἔστι καὶ Θρᾴκησ ἔρημον πεδίον χαμαιπετῆ δένδρα ἔχον, ὡσ Πολύβιοσ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ. (Polybius, Histories, book 13, c. fragmentum incertae sedis11)

Synonyms

  1. falling to the ground

  2. lying on the ground

  3. on the ground

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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