χαμάδις

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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

(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)

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

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