χαμᾶζε

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of χαμαί (khamaí) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)) + -δε (-de).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mâːz.de/ → /xaˈma.ze/ → /xaˈma.ze/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mâːz.de/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈma.ze/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈma.ze/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈma.ze/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈma.ze/

Adverb

χᾰμᾶζε • (khamâze)

1. to the ground

   Synonym: χαμάδις (khamádis)

   Antonym: χαμᾶθεν (khamâthen)

Related terms

• χαμάδις (khamádis)
• χαμᾶθεν (khamâthen)
• χαμαί (khamaí)
• χαμαιευνάς (khamaieunás)
• χαμαιεύνης (khamaieúnēs)
• χαμαίζηλος (khamaízēlos)
• χαμαῖθεν (khamaîthen)
• χαμαικοίτης (khamaikoítēs)
• χαμόθεν (khamóthen)
• χθαμαλός (khthamalós)
• χθών (khthṓn)

 

Further reading

• “χαμᾶζε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ground idem, page 375.