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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The etymology continues to be debated. Hypotheses include:
- Formally cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀔 (a-ma, “harvest”) via Proto-Hellenic *amā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mh₁-eh₂, from the root *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap, harvest”);[1] compare e.g. ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”), Hittite 𒄩𒈨𒌍𒄩 (ḫa-meš-ḫa- /ḫamešḫa-/, “spring”). According to Kloekhorst, the verb ἀμάω (amáō, “to cut down, mow, reap”) is probably derived from ἄμη.
- From the PIE root *semH- (“to scoop up, pour”), whence Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), sámtis (“ladle”) and Latin sentīna (“bilge water”).
- Related to other Indo-European words for “vessel” and “to pour”: ἀμίς (amís, “chamber-pot”), Sanskrit अमत (ámatra, “a large drinking vessel”), Old Armenian ամամ (amam, “to fill, pour”) (whence աման (aman, “vase, vessel, sack”)); from an uncertain root *am- (“to fill”).
- Related to or derived from the verb ἀμάομαι (amáomai, “I draw (milk), gather”).[2] (This is not necessarily mutually exclusive with above proposals.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.mɛː/ → /ˈa.mi/ → /ˈa.mi/
Noun
ᾰ̓́μη • (ắmē) f (genitive ᾰ̓́μης); first declension
- a shovel
- a water-bucket, a pail
- a spade
- Ionic form of ἄμης (ámēs)
- a hobble for young goats
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- ἀμάω (amáō, “to reap, mow”)
References
- ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “ḫamešḫa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀμάωμαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
- “ἄμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄμη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἄμη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.