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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

  • "ὁ δὲ καλούμενοσ φίλοσ τραπέζησ μὲν οὐ κοινωνεῖ, χαμαὶ δ’ ὑποκαθήμενοσ ἐφ’ ὑψηλῆσ κλίνησ κατακειμένῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ παραβληθὲν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ κυνιστὶ σιτεῖται καὶ πολλάκισ διὰ τὴν τυχοῦσαν αἰτίαν ἀποσπασθεὶσ τοῦ χαμαιπετοῦσ δείπνου ῥάβδοισ καὶ ἱμᾶσιν ἀστραγαλωτοῖσ μαστιγοῦται καὶ γενόμενοσ αἱμόφυρτοσ τὸν τιμωρησάμενον ὡσ εὐεργέτην ἐπὶ τὸ ἔδαφοσ πρηνὴσ προσπεσὼν προσκυνεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 381)

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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