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ψάμμος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψάμμος ψάμμου

Structure: ψαμμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Both ya/mmos and ya/maqos sometimes drop y and become a)/mmos, a)/maqos.

Sense

  1. sand
  2. something worthless
  3. metallic ore used by alchemists
  4. desert

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

  • τὸ δὲ ἤλεκτρον τοῦτο οὗ τῷ Αὐγούστῳ πεποίηνται τὴν εἰκόνα, ὅσον μὲν αὐτόματον ἐν τοῦ Ἠριδανοῦ ταῖσ ψάμμοισ εὑρίσκεται, σπανίζεται τὰ μάλιστα καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ τίμιον πολλῶν ἐστιν ἕνεκα· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 12 11:4)

Synonyms

  1. sand

  2. something worthless

  3. desert

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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