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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

  • ἷζε δ’ ἐπὶ χθαμαλῷ σφέλαϊ κλιντῆροσ ἔνερθεν λέχρισ ἐρεισαμένη λαιῇ ἐπὶ χειρὶ παρειήν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 19:29)
  • ἦσαν δὲ αὐτοῖσ καὶ περὶ τῇ ἄκρᾳ ἐν τῷ χθαμαλῷ οὐκ ὀλίγαι οἰκήσεισ καὶ τεῖχοσ περιεβέβλητο αὐταῖσ οὐ μέγα. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 27 1:2)
  • τὸ μὲν δὴ τεῖχοσ εὐθύσ, ὡσ προσάγοντα Ἀλέξανδρον ἔγνωσαν, ἐκλείπουσιν ὅσοι ἐπῴκουν καὶ τὰσ οἰκίασ, ὅσασ ἐν τῷ χθαμαλῷ ᾠκισμένασ οὐκ ἐδόκουν διαφυλάξαι ἂν δύνασθαι· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 27 2:1)
  • τὴν δὲ αὖ πόλιν ἐν τῷ χθαμαλῷ κεῖσθαι καὶ πρὸσ μεσημβρίαν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 3:5)
  • ἀπωτέρω δὲ τῆσ κώμησ ἐπεποίητο ἐν τῷ χθαμαλῷ τῆσ Ἀθηνᾶσ ναὸσ καὶ ἄγαλμα ἀρχαῖον ἐλέφαντοσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 33 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. low

  2. sunken

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