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单词 χαμηλός
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χαμηλός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • χθᾰμᾰλός (khthamalós)

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, to the earth, on the earth), a frozen case-form of χθών (khthṓn, earth), itself from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Compare πάλαι (pálai), παραί (paraí). The ending could be formed after the antonym ὑψηλός (hupsēlós).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mɛː.lós/
  • (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.me̝ˈlos/
  • (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.miˈlos/
  • (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.miˈlos/
  • (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.miˈlos/

Adjective

χᾰμηλός (khamēlós) m (feminine χᾰμηλή, neuter χᾰμηλόν); first/second declension

  1. low on the ground
  2. (figuratively) of low station
  3. (figuratively) diminutive, trifling

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: χαμηλός (chamilós)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

  • χαμηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • χαμηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • χαμηλός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek χαμηλός (khamēlós, lowered). Then Ancient Greek sense: "trivial". [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.miˈlos/
  • Hyphenation: χα‧μη‧λός

Adjective

χαμηλός (chamilós) m (feminine χαμηλή, neuter χαμηλό)

  1. low, lowered
  2. base

Declension

Synonyms

  • χθαμαλός (chthamalós, of low ground) (rare)
  • χαμηλο- (chamilo-) compounds:
    Greek terms prefixed with χαμηλο-
  • χαμηλό ανάγλυφο n (chamiló anáglyfo, low or bas relief)

References

  1. χαμηλός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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