ἄμαθος

See also: άμαθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from an unidentified European substrate, along with its synonyms ἄμμος (ámmos), ψάμαθος (psámathos), and ψάμμος (psámmos). Outside of Greek, cognates (from the same substrate) include Old English sand, Latin sabulum, and perhaps Old Armenian աւազ (awaz).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄμᾰθος • (ámăthos) f (genitive ἄμάθου); second declension

  1. (Epic) synonym of ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”)
    Synonyms: ψάμαθος (psámathos), ψάμμος (psámmos)
  2. sandy soil
  3. (in the plural) sand dunes by the sea

Declension

Second declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́μᾰθος; τῆς ᾰ̓μᾰ́θου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓́μᾰθος
hē ắmăthos 		τὼ ᾰ̓μᾰ́θω
tṑ ămắthō 		αἱ ᾰ̓́μᾰθοι
hai ắmăthoi
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓μᾰ́θου
tês ămắthou 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μᾰ́θοιν
toîn ămắthoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓μᾰ́θων
tôn ămắthōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓μᾰ́θῳ
tēî ămắthōi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μᾰ́θοιν
toîn ămắthoin 		ταῖς ᾰ̓μᾰ́θοις
taîs ămắthois
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓́μᾰθον
tḕn ắmăthon 		τὼ ᾰ̓μᾰ́θω
tṑ ămắthō 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μᾰ́θους
tā̀s ămắthous
Vocative ᾰ̓́μᾰθε
ắmăthe 		ᾰ̓μᾰ́θω
ămắthō 		ᾰ̓́μᾰθοι
ắmăthoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: άμαθος (ámathos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄμαθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 79-80

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