Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χθαμαλός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χθαμαλός χθαμαλή χθαμαλόν

Structure: χθαμαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xamai/, with q inserted

Sense

  1. low, near the ground, creeping
  2. sunken, flat
  3. epithet of Ithaca

Examples

  • γίγνεται ταπεινὰ καὶ τὰ χθαμαλὰ πάλιν ὑψοῦται ταῖσ ὀξυρρόποισ μεθιστάμενα τῆσ τύχησ μεταβολαῖσ. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 5 12:1)
  • ἀλλ’ οὔτισ τόσα φύει, ὅσα χθαμαλὰ Αἴγυπτοσ, Νεῖλοσ ἀναβλύζων διερὰν ὅτε βώλακα θρύπτει. (Theocritus, Idylls, 43)

Synonyms

  1. low

  2. sunken

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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