χαμαίζηλος
η, ον, Adv., ὁ
A.
seeking the ground, low-growing, dwarf, χ. φυτά, opp. δένδρα, Arist. HA 559a13; κόνυζα Nic. Th. 70; οἱ χ. φοίνικες dwarf-palms (cf. χαμαιριφής 11) Dsc. 1.109; καρποὶ καὶ λάχανα Jul. Or. 5.175d: generally, τὰ ἐγγὺς ἡμῶν καὶ χ. Them. Or. 26.327d.
b.
sunk down, ἡ ἐπωμὶς φαίνεται χ. Hp.l.c.; τῇ ἡλικίᾳ χαμαίζηλος Luc. pro Im. 13.
2.
χαμαίζηλος (sc. δίφρος, which is added by Plu. 2.150a), ὁ, low seat, stool, Hp. Fract. 37, Pl. Phd. 89b.
b.
χ. κρατῆρες flat bowls, Polem.Hist. 83.
3.
Ζεὺς χ., = χθόνιος, Orph. A. 931; Ποσειδῶν χ. IG 22.1367.
II.
metaph., of low estate, humble, ψυχή Ph. 1.91, cf. 240, al., Luc. Somn. 13; τὰ χ. Them. Or. 15.184d; χ. δικαστής, = judex pedaneus, Lyd. Mag. 2.15. Adv. ‐λως Ph. 1.103.
III.
χαμαίζηλον,τό, = γναφάλιον, Plin. HN 27.88.
2.
= πεντάφυλλον, ib.25.109.