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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

  • "δείγματοσ μὲν οὖν χάριν ἔστιν οὗπερ ἐπιπόλαιον αὐτῶν ἐστι τὸ γένοσ, εἲ γ’ ἐν ταῖσ ἐσχατιαῖσ τῆσ οἰκουμένησ καὶ ποτάμια τὰ τυχόντα ψήγματα χρυσοῦ καταφέρει καὶ ταῦτα γυναῖκεσ καὶ ἄνδρεσ ἀσθενεῖσ τὰ σώματα σὺν ταῖσ ἄμμοισ ὑποψήχοντεσ διιστᾶσι καὶ πλύναντεσ ἄγουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν χώνην, ὡσ παρὰ τοῖσ Ἐλουητίοισ φησὶν ὁ ἐμὸσ Ποσειδώνιοσ καὶ ἄλλοισ τισὶ τῶν Κελτῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 1942)

Synonyms

  1. sand

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