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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

  • ἡ δὲ τῶν πολλῶν καὶ ἀμαθῶν καὶ οὐ πάνυ; (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 21 4:1)
  • "πλὴν ὅτι γε ταῖσ Μούσαισ ὁ τῶν ῥόδων στέφανοσ ἐπιπεφήμισται, μεμνῆσθαί μοι δοκῶ Σαπφοῦσ λεγούσησ πρόσ τινα τῶν ἀμούσων καὶ ἀμαθῶν γυναικῶν κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσεαι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 7:14)

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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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