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ψάμμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψάμμιος ψάμμιᾱ ψάμμιον

Structure: ψαμμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ya/mmos

Sense

  1. on the sand

Examples

  • ψάμμιοσ δὲ ἓξ ἔτεα μοῦνον βασιλεύσαντοσ Αἰγύπτου καὶ στρατευσαμένου ἐσ Αἰθιοπίην καὶ μεταυτίκα τελευτήσαντοσ ἐξεδέξατο Ἀπρίησ ὁ Ψάμμιοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 161 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. on the sand

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

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