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χαμαίζηλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαμαίζηλος χαμαίζηλον

Structure: χαμαιζηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. seeking the ground, low-growing, dwarf, a low seat, stool
  2. of low estate

Examples

  • παρὰ τὴν κλίνην ἐπὶ χαμαιζήλου τινόσ, ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ πολὺ ὑψηλοτέρου ἢ ἐγώ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 539:1)
  • Τούτων ἁπάντων αἱ ἐμβολαὶ οὐ χαλεπαὶ, ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν ἔξω καὶ ἔσω ὀλισθάνοντα, καθῆσθαι μὲν χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐπὶ χαμαιζήλου τινὸσ, τὸ δὲ σκέλοσ ἀνωτέρω ἔχειν, μὴ μὴν πολλῷ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 38.7)

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

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