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ἄμαθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμαθος ἄμαθη ἄμαθον

Structure: ἀμαθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. a)/mmos.

Sense

  1. sandy soil, the links or dunes by the sea

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων βασιλεὺσ ὑποστρέψασ ἀπὸ τῆσ μάχησ μεταπέμπεται τὸν Ιὤαζον πρὸσ αὑτὸν εἰσ Ἀμαθὰ καλουμένην πόλιν, ἥτισ ἐστὶ τῆσ Συρίασ, καὶ τὸν μὲν ἐλθόντα ἔδησε, τῷ δὲ πρεσβυτέρῳ αὐτοῦ ἀδελφῷ ὁμοπατρίῳ ὄντι Ἐλιακείμῳ τοὔνομα τὴν βασιλείαν παραδίδωσι μετονομάσασ αὐτὸν Ιωἄκειμον· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 10 103:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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