Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οὐ διὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ δὲ οὐδὲ παρ’ αὐτὴν ῥεῖ ὁ Ἀλφειόσ, ἀλλὰ παρ’ αὐτὴν μὲν ἕτεροσ, ὃν οἱ μὲν Παμισὸν οἱ δὲ Ἄμαθον καλοῦσιν, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ὁ Πύλοσ Ἠμαθόεισ εἰρῆσθαι οὗτοσ δοκεῖ, διὰ δὲ τῆσ χώρασ τῆσ Πυλίασ ὁ Ἀλφειόσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 2:5)
  • μεταξὺ δὲ τοῦ Πηνειοῦ καὶ τῆσ Σελλήεντοσ ἐμβολῆσ Πύλοσ ᾠκεῖτο κατὰ τὸ Σκόλλιον, οὐχ ἡ τοῦ Νέστοροσ πόλισ, ἀλλ’ ἑτέρα τισ, ᾗ πρὸσ τὸν Ἀλφειὸν οὐδέν ἐστι κοινώνημα, οὐδὲ πρὸσ τὸν Παμισόν, εἴτε Ἄμαθον χρὴ καλεῖν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 14:1)
  • τὸν δὲ Παμισόν, ὃν Ἄμαθόν τινεσ ὠνόμασαν, προειρήκαμεν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 4 12:10)

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION