χαμάδις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European *(dʰ)ǵʰm̥-, zero grade of *dʰéǵʰōm (compare χθών (khthṓn)), as found in χαμᾶζε (khamâze) and χαμαί (khamaí).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.má.dis/ → /xaˈma.ðis/ → /xaˈma.ðis/

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

Adverb

χᾰμάδῐς • (khamádis)

1. to the ground

   Synonym: χαμᾶζε (khamâze)

Further reading

• “χαμάδις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χαμάδις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χαμάδις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press