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χαμᾶζε

χαμᾶζε, to the ground, on the ground

χᾰμ-ᾶζε, Adv., (χαμαί)
  • 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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