near the ground, on the ground, low,
χθᾰμᾰλός,ή,όν,
A. near the ground, on the ground, low,
εὐναί
Od. 11.194
; σκόπελος -ώτερος
12.101
; τεῖχος -ώτατον
Il. 13.683
, cf. Plu. Arat. 18 ; οἰκοδομεῖν -ώτερα τὰ πρὸς ἄρκτον
X. Mem. 3.8.9
; χ. Αἴγυπτος
Theoc. 17.79
; λόφοι -ώτεροι
Plb. 10.10.7
; χ. δένδρα
Plu. 2.320c
;τὰ χ.ib. 103e ; τὴν πόλιν ἐν τῷ χ. κεῖσθαι
D.Chr. 6.2
; also of the sea, κῦμα χ.
Hld. 5.1
, cf. Ach.Tat. 3.2 .
II. of Ithaca,αὐτὴ δὲ χθαμαλὴ πανυπερτάτη εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται πρὸς ζόφονdub. sens. in Od. 9.25 , cf. 10.196 , Str. 10.2.12 .
III. metaph. of personsof humble station,
χ. καὶ μικροπρεπεῖς
Them. Or. 9.126a
, 34p.469Dind. ( Comp. ); also δικαιοσύνη
Id. Or. 8.118d
( Comp. ).
2. sitting in a lower place,
Hld. 10.6 .
3. pedestrian, ἀνειμένη καὶ χ. ΔωρίςProll.Theoc. p.5 Wendel.
