A.to the ground, on the ground, freq. in Hom., “ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χ.” Il.3.29, al.; ἀπὸ πύργου βαῖνε χ. stepped to the ground, 21.529; [“κεραυνὸν] ἧκε χ.” 8.134, cf. 14.497, 20.461; “χ. κάππεσεν” 15.537; “τόξον . . θῆκε χ.” Od.21.136, cf.22.340: rare in Trag. and Com., E.Ba.633 (troch.), Ar.Ach.341, 344 (both troch.); “μὴ πέσῃ χ.” Id.V.1012 (lyr.); “χ. προβαίνουσα” Babr. 115.13; freq. in later Prose, “χ. θυρεοῖς κεκλιμένοις” Plu.Sull.28; “ἔχειν χ. δύ᾽ ὀβολώ” Luc.Lex.2. (On the exceptional accent cf. Ael. Dion.Fr.322, Hdn.Gr.2.951.)
χα^μ-ᾶζε , Adv., (χαμαί)