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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
- IPA(key): /á.ma.tʰos/ → /ˈa.ma.θos/ → /ˈa.ma.θos/
Noun
ἄμᾰθος • (ámathos) f (genitive ἄμάθου); second declension
- (Epic) Synonym of ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”)
- Synonyms: ψάμαθος (psámathos), ψάμμος (psámmos)
- sandy soil
- (in the plural) sand dunes by the sea
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Further reading
- “ἄμαθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄμαθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄμαθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄμαθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄμαθος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “ἄμαθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press