χαμαί

chamai

on the ground

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book III 1
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390c3
Book VIII 1
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553d1
Critias 1
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120b7
Euthyphro 1
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14d5

Dictionary (LSJ)

χαμαί, Adv. A. on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι Od. 7.160; τὸν αὖ χ. ἐξενάριξε Il. 11.145; χ. ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων 5.442, cf. Sapph. 94, etc.; χ. τιθεὶς πόδα A. Ag. 906; αἷμα μητρῷον χ. Id. Eu. 261 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Ach. 869, Eq. 155, Nu. 231, al.; θέντες χ. Hdt. 4.67; χ. καθίζοντες Pl. Criti. 120b; χ. κείμενος IG 22.1672.305; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opp. ἐπὶ δένδρου, Arist. HA 618a10. 2. metaph., ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, Pi. N. 9.7; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, Luc. Herm. 5, Icar. 6; ὁ χ. βίος Metrod. Fr. 38. II. = χαμᾶζε, to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν Il. 4.482; χ. βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι 5.588, cf. Od. 22.188, Il. 4.526; ἐκ δίφροιο χαμαὶ θόρε 8.320; μὴ χ. πεσεῖν to the ground, E. Med. 1170; οὐ χ. πεσεῖται ὅ τι ἂν εἴπῃς Pl. Euthphr. 14d; ἔπτυσε χ. Ev.Jo. 9.6; also ἐκβαλεῖν εἰς τὸ χ. AP 11.89 (Lucill.). (Cf. Lat. humus, humi, Lith. žẽmė ‘earth’.)

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