Usually taken as a cross of ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”) and ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”). Furnée adduces Proto-Germanic *samdaz (“sand”), so it could also directly continue a word from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos (“sand”).
ψάμᾰθος • (psámăthos) f (genitive ψᾰμάθου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ψᾰ́μᾰθος hē psắmăthos |
τὼ ψᾰμᾰ́θω tṑ psămắthō |
αἱ ψᾰ́μᾰθοι hai psắmăthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ψᾰμᾰ́θου tês psămắthou |
τοῖν ψᾰμᾰ́θοιν toîn psămắthoin |
τῶν ψᾰμᾰ́θων tôn psămắthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ψᾰμᾰ́θῳ têi psămắthōi |
τοῖν ψᾰμᾰ́θοιν toîn psămắthoin |
ταῖς ψᾰμᾰ́θοις taîs psămắthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ψᾰ́μᾰθον tḕn psắmăthon |
τὼ ψᾰμᾰ́θω tṑ psămắthō |
τᾱ̀ς ψᾰμᾰ́θους tā̀s psămắthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψᾰ́μᾰθε psắmăthe |
ψᾰμᾰ́θω psămắthō |
ψᾰ́μᾰθοι psắmăthoi | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ψᾰ́μᾰθος psắmăthos |
ψᾰμᾰ́θω psămắthō |
ψᾰ́μᾰθοι psắmăthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ψᾰμᾰ́θου / ψᾰμᾰθοῖο / ψᾰμᾰ́θοιο / ψᾰμᾰθόο / ψᾰμᾰ́θοο psămắthou / psămăthoîo / psămắthoio / psămăthóo / psămắthoo |
ψᾰμᾰ́θοιῐν psămắthoiĭn |
ψᾰμᾰ́θων psămắthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ψᾰμᾰ́θῳ psămắthōi |
ψᾰμᾰ́θοιῐν psămắthoiĭn |
ψᾰμᾰ́θοισῐ / ψᾰμᾰ́θοισῐν / ψᾰμᾰ́θοις psămắthoisĭ(n) / psămắthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ψᾰ́μᾰθον psắmăthon |
ψᾰμᾰ́θω psămắthō |
ψᾰμᾰ́θους psămắthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψᾰ́μᾰθε psắmăthe |
ψᾰμᾰ́θω psămắthō |
ψᾰ́μᾰθοι psắmăthoi | ||||||||||
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