ἄμμος

See also: άμμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ᾰ̔́μμος (hắmmos)

Etymology

Traditionally considered a contamination of ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”) and ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”). Even if not, likely a loan from some European substrate; said substrate status makes phonetic analysis such as the contamination theory above difficult, as the word likely does not follow traditional Indo-European sound laws.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓́μμος • (ắmmos) f (genitive ᾰ̓́μμου); second declension

  1. sand
    • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 110A:
      σήραγγες δὲ καὶ ἄμμος καὶ πηλὸς ἀμήχανος καὶ βόρβοροί εἰσιν
      sḗranges dè kaì ámmos kaì pēlòs amḗkhanos kaì bórboroí eisin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. sandy ground, a racecourse
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.3.6:
      ἐάν που κινδυνεύειν δέῃ, πότερον ἐπάγειν τοὺς πολεμίους ἐπὶ τὴν ἄμμον κελεύσεις
      eán pou kinduneúein déēi, póteron epágein toùs polemíous epì tḕn ámmon keleúseis
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́μμος; τῆς ᾰ̓́μμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓́μμος
hē ắmmos 		τὼ ᾰ̓́μμω
tṑ ắmmō 		αἱ ᾰ̓́μμοι
hai ắmmoi
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓́μμου
tês ắmmou 		τοῖν ᾰ̓́μμοιν
toîn ắmmoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓́μμων
tôn ắmmōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓́μμῳ
tēî ắmmōi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓́μμοιν
toîn ắmmoin 		ταῖς ᾰ̓́μμοις
taîs ắmmois
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓́μμον
tḕn ắmmon 		τὼ ᾰ̓́μμω
tṑ ắmmō 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́μμους
tā̀s ắmmous
Vocative ᾰ̓́μμε
ắmme 		ᾰ̓́μμω
ắmmō 		ᾰ̓́μμοι
ắmmoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: άμμος

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄμμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89

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