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ἄμμος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμμος ἄμμου

Structure: ἀμμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. sand
  2. sandy ground, a racecourse

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπειδὰν δὲ ὁ θερισμὸσ ἥκῃ καὶ δέῃ πρὸσ ὕψοσ ἰέναι, τὰ μὲν ἄλλ’ ἀμύθητα, ἄμμοι δ’ ἐκεῖναι καὶ γῆσ χάσματα ἀντὶ τεμπῶν καὶ ἑλῶν ἔστιν αὐτῷ τὸ μηδαμῆ κωλύειν, ἀλλ’ ἀτεχνῶσ ὥσπερ οἱ τὴν ἐναντίαν τῷ παντὶ βαδίζοντεσ τῶν ἀστέρων ἐναντία καὶ τοῖσ καιροῖσ καὶ τῇ φύσει τῆσ χώρασ αἴρεται. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 33:1)

Synonyms

  1. sand

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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