A.on the ground, “χ. ἧσθαι” Od.7.160; “τὸν αὖ χ. ἐξενάριξε” Il.11.145; “χ. ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων” 5.442, cf. Sapph.94, etc.; “χ. τιθεὶς πόδα” A.Ag.906; “αἷμα μητρῷον χ.” Id.Eu.261 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Ach.869, Eq.155, Nu.231, al.; “θέντες χ.” Hdt.4.67; “χ. καθίζοντες” Pl. Criti.120b; “χ. κείμενος” IG22.1672.305; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opp. ἐπὶ δένδρου, Arist.HA618a10.
2. metaph., ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, Pi.N.9.7; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, Luc.Herm.5, Icar.6; “ὁ χ. βίος” Metrod.Fr.38.
II. = χαμᾶζε, to earth, “ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν” Il.4.482; “χ. βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι” 5.588, cf. Od.22.188, Il.4.526; “ἐκ δίφροιο χαμαὶ θόρε” 8.320; “μὴ χ. πεσεῖν” to the ground, E.Med.1170; “οὐ χ. πεσεῖται ὅ τι ἂν εἴπῃς” Pl. Euthphr. 14d; “ἔπτυσε χ.” Ev.Jo.9.6; also “ἐκβαλεῖν εἰς τὸ χ.” AP11.89 (Lucill.). (Cf. Lat. humus, humi, Lith. ž[etilde]mė 'earth'.)
