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

  • ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ θῆρεσ ἀριζήλοιο Διὸσ τρομέουσι γενέθλην ἤριπεσ ἐξ ὀχέων χθαμαλῆσ ἐπὶ νῶτα κονίησ σὸν δέμασ οἰοπόλοισιν ἐνὶ δρυμοῖσι λιποῦσα; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1178)
  • αἰεὶ δ’ ἄλλυδισ ἄλλη, ὅπῃ κύρσειε μάλιστα ἠπείρου χθαμαλῆσ, εἱλίσσεται· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 16:21)
  • εἰσ Ἑλλάδιον καὶ Εὐλάλιον αὐταδέλφουσ αἰεί σοι νόοσ ἠε͂ν ἐσ οὐρανὸν, οὐδ’ ἐπὶ γαίησ ἤρειδεσ χθαμαλῆσ ἴχνιον οὐδ’ ὀλίγον τοὔνεκεν ὡσ τάχοσ ἦλθεσ ἀπὸ χθονόσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1511)

Synonyms

  1. low

  2. sunken

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