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ψάμμιος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: psammios

Principal Part: ψάμμιος ψάμμια ψάμμιον

Structure: ψαμμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ψάμμος

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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