χᾰμ-αί,
adverb on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.160; τὸν αὖ χ. ἐξενάριξε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.145; χ. ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων 5.442, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 94, etc.; χ. τιθεὶς πόδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 906; αἷμα μητρῷον χ. [prev. author] “Eu.” 261 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 869, “Eq.” 155, “Nu.” 231, +others; θέντες χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67; χ. καθίζοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120b; χ. κείμενος “IG” 22.1672.305 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opposed to ἐπὶ δένδρου, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618a10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5, “Icar.” 6; ὁ χ. βίος 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 38. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II ={χαμᾶζε}, to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.482; χ. βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι 5.588, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.188, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.526; ἐκ δίφροιο χαμαὶ θόρε 8.320; μὴ χ. πεσεῖν ] Refs 8th c.BC+]to the ground, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1170; οὐ χ. πεσεῖται ὅ τι ἂν εἴπῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 14d; ἔπτυσε χ. NT.John.9.6; also ἐκβαλεῖν εἰς τὸ χ. “Anthologia Graeca” 11.89 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus)] NT+5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin humus, humi, Lithuanian ž[etilde]mė 'earth'.)