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Χαμάδις
groundwards
… supplementary lemma xama=ze are formed from the obsolescent xa/ma ('ground',
'earth'),
which survives primarily in compounds from the classical period and later and in the allative/illative/locative forms in epic mentioned in this entry. Both …
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322
Χθαμαλά
humble [things]; flat [things]
The headword adjective is related to obsolete *xama/
("earth")
and so its meaning can be literal or metaphorical; cf. Latin humilis from humus
("earth").
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. the …
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70
Χαμαίλεον
chamaileon
… jaundice; see Pliny, Natural History 22.53. The name xamai/mhlon from
"earth"
(xamai/) and "apple" (mh=lon) -- compare the French pomme de terre, potato -- was probably applied because the plant gives off a faintly …
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233
Χειμερινὸς καιρός
wintry season, wintry time
… Hesiod, Theogony 148 (citing Chrysippus), on the three sons of
Earth
and Heaven: Kottos, Briareos and Gyges. Each is equated with a season of the year: Kottos with the angry heat of summer, Briareos …
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376
Χοϊκός
mud, made of mud
… equivalent of the Hebrew "Adam" (alpha 425) -- from adama,
"earth"
-- in a typological passage on Christ as Second Adam. Same entry, according to Adler, in Lexicum Ambrosianum 284; and cf. already Hesychius …
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