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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

  • καὶ ποιήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡσ τὴν ἄμμον τῆσ γῆσ. εἰ δύναταί τισ ἐξαριθμῆσαι τὴν ἄμμον τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐξαριθμηθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:16)
  • ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, ὡσ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὡσ τὴν ἄμμον τὴν παρὰ τὸ χεῖλοσ τῆσ θαλάσσησ, καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰσ πόλεισ τῶν ὑπεναντίων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:17)
  • σὺ δὲ εἶπασ. εὖ σε ποιήσω καὶ θήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡσ τὴν ἄμμον τῆσ θαλάσσησ, ἣ οὐκ ἀριθμηθήσεται ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:12)
  • καὶ συνήγαγεν Ἰωσὴφ σῖτον ὡσεὶ τὴν ἄμμον τῆσ θαλάσσησ πολὺν σφόδρα, ἕωσ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀριθμηθῆναι, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀριθμόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:49)

Synonyms

  1. sand

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