χᾰμ-αί,
adverb on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ, opposed to ἐπὶ δένδρου, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically, ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence
underground, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to
earth, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II) ={χαμᾶζε},
to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
to the ground, [
NT+5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin
humus, humi, Lithuanian
ž[etilde]mė 'earth'.)