χαμᾶζε

chamaze

to the ground, on the ground

Appears 29 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 24
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Book 3 1
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329
Book 4 1
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4419
Book 5 3
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5111
5494
5835
Book 6 1
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6103
Book 8 1
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8134
Book 10 1
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10528
Book 11 3
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11143
11211
11320
Book 12 2
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1281
12205
Book 13 1
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13749
Book 14 1
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14497
Book 15 1
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15537
Book 16 3
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16426
16733
16755
Book 17 1
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17299
Book 20 1
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20461
Book 21 1
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21529
Book 23 1
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23508
Book 24 1
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24469
Odyssey 5
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Book 16 1
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16191
Book 21 1
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21136
Book 22 3
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2284
22327
22340

Dictionary (LSJ)

χαμᾶζε, Adv., (χαμαί) A. to the ground, on the ground, freq. in Hom., ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χ. Il. 3.29, al.; ἀπὸ πύργου βαῖνε χ. stepped to the ground, 21.529; [κεραυνὸν] ἧκε χ. 8.134, cf. 14.497, 20.461; χ. κάππεσεν 15.537; τόξον . . θῆκε χ. Od. 21.136, cf.22.340: rare in Trag. and Com., E. Ba. 633 (troch.), Ar. Ach. 341, 344 (both troch.); μὴ πέσῃ χ. Id. V. 1012 (lyr.); χ. προβαίνουσα Babr. 115.13; freq. in later Prose, χ. θυρεοῖς κεκλιμένοις Plu. Sull. 28; ἔχειν χ. δύʼ ὀβολώ Luc. Lex. 2. (On the exceptional accent cf. Ael. Dion.Fr. 322, Hdn.Gr.2.951.)

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