Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαμηλός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαμηλός χαμηλή χαμηλόν

Structure: χαμηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xamai/

Sense

  1. on the ground, creeping
  2. diminutive, trifling, low

Examples

  • "ὧν σὺ μύκητα θρεπτὸν μή τι χαμηλὸν ἀπὸ ῥίζησ προτάμοιο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5280)
  • γογγυλίδασ σπείροισ δὲ κυλινδρωτῆσ ἐφ’ ἅλωοσ, ὄφρ’ ἂν ἴσαι πλαθάνοισι χαμηλότεραι θαλέθωσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 8 1:6)
  • ὁ δὲ χαμηλὰ πνέων ἄφαντον βρέμει. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 11 10:3)
  • τίσ μοῖρα ζωῆσ ὑπολείπεται, ἢ ὅσον ὅσσον στιγμὴ καὶ στιγμῆσ εἴ τι χαμηλότερον; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4722)
  • ἔπειτα οὐδὲ τοῦτο δεῖ λανθάνειν, πότερον αἱ ὁπλαί εἰσιν ὑψηλαὶ ἢ ταπειναὶ καὶ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν ἢ χαμηλαί. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. 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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