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ψάμμινος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: psamminos

Principal Part: ψάμμινος ψάμμινη ψάμμινον

Structure: ψαμμιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ψάμμος

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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