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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

  • περιβλεψάμενοσ δὲ ὧδε καὶ ὧδε οὐχ ὁρᾷ οὐδένα καὶ πατάξασ τὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἔκρυψεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἄμμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 2:12)
  • φωνὴ ὡσ ὄφεωσ συρίζοντοσ, ὅτι ἐν ἄμμῳ πορεύονται. ἐν ἀξίναισ ἥξουσιν ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ὡσ κόπτοντεσ ξύλα. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 26:21)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δέ φησι καὶ ἐν ἄμμῳ αὐτὰσ γίνεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 44 4:1)
  • γίνεται δ’ αὕτη ἐκ τῶν μικρῶν καὶ φαύλων τῶν ἐν τῇ ἄμμῳ διαγενομένων κωβιδίων καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆσ δὲ ταύτησ τῆσ ἀφύησ ἀπογεννῶνται ἕτεραι αἵτινεσ ἐγκρασίχολοι καλοῦνται, γίνεται δὲ καὶ ἄλλη ἀφύη ὁ γόνοσ τῶν μαινίδων καὶ ἄλλη ἐκ τῆσ μεμβράδοσ καὶ ἔτι ἄλλη ἐκ τῶν μικρῶν κεστρέων τῶν ἐκ τῆσ ἄμμου, καὶ τῆσ ἰλύοσ γινομένων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 22 1:7)
  • καὶ τροφῇ χρῆται ὁ μὲν φεραῖοσ τῇ ἀφ’ αὑτοῦ γενομένῃ μύξῃ, ὁ δὲ χελλὼν ἄμμῳ καὶ ἰλύι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 77 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. sand

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