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ψάμμινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψάμμινος ψάμμινη ψάμμινον

Structure: ψαμμιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ya/mmos

Sense

  1. of sand, sandy

Examples

  • τὸν γὰρ ποταμὸν πάντα ῥέειν παρὰ τὸ ὄροσ τὸ ψάμμινον πρὸσ Λιβύησ, τὸν δὲ Μῖνα ἄνωθεν, ὅσον τε ἑκατὸν σταδίουσ ἀπὸ Μέμφιοσ, τὸν πρὸσ μεσαμβρίησ ἀγκῶνα προσχώσαντα τὸ μὲν ἀρχαῖον ῥέεθρον ἀποξηρῆναι, τὸν δὲ ποταμὸν ὀχετεῦσαι τὸ μέσον τῶν ὀρέων ῥέειν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 99 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. of sand

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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