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Χαμαί · on the ground (χ 64) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near χ64

χ60Chalybes, Chalyboi
χ61Chalybonian wine
χ62Ham's quarters
χ63groundwards
χ64on the ground
χ65ground-sleeping [women]
χ66found-on-the-ground
χ67ground-seeking [ones]
χ68ground-leavened bread

Suda/Χ chi/χ64

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Χαμαί

on the ground

Translated by David Whitehead13 Oct 2006Vetting: high6 revisions

daily life
definition
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2 notes · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning] on the earth.¹
And [there is] a proverb: 'to draw water on the ground', the equivalent of achieving nothing. Another instance is 'to wash a brick'.²
Used in reference to things that are never-ending.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χαμαί· ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. καὶ παροιμία· Χαμαὶ ἀντλεῖν, ἐν ἴσῳ τῷ οὐδὲν ἐργάζεσθαι. οἷον καὶ τὸ πλίνθον πλύνειν. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνηνύτων λέγεται.

Betacode

*xamai/: e)pi\ th=s gh=s. kai\ paroimi/a: *xamai\ a)ntlei=n, e)n i)/sw| tw=| ou)de\n e)rga/zesqai. oi(=on kai\ to\ pli/nqon plu/nein. e)pi\ tw=n a)nhnu/twn le/getai.

Notes (2)

[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.300, where an adverb (here chi 63) similar to the present headword occurs.
2Appendix Proverbiorum 4.58 (and other paroemiographers); and see under pi 1776. ↩
3Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss FS.

Linked from1 entry

χ63Χαμάδιςgroundwards[Meaning] to the ground, into/towards [the] earth. Also [sc. attested is] xama=ze, [also meaning] to the ground.

Neighbouring entries

χ62Χὰμ σκηνώματαHam's quarters χ63Χαμάδιςgroundwards χ64Χαμαίon the ground χ65Χαμαιευνάδεςground-sleeping [women]χ66Χαμαιεύρετοςfound-on-the-ground

Revision history6 revisions · last 4 Mar 2016

4 Mar 2016coding — Catharine Roth
7 Nov 2013 — David Whitehead
15 Oct 2006augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
14 Oct 2006set status — Catharine Roth
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13 Oct 2006Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χαμαί (Adler number chi 64), trans. David Whitehead, 13 Oct 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/64

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗