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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

  • καὶ ἄλλουσ δὲ ἀδίψουσ ἀσκῆσαι τοὺσ ἐρευνησομένουσ τὰσ ἐν Λιβύῃ ψάμμουσ, ὧν ὀλίγοι διεσώθησαν, οἶδα δὲ καὶ τοὺσ περὶ Μόσσυνον τῆσ Θρᾴκησ βοῦσ, οἳ ἰχθῦσ ἐσθίουσι παραβαλλομένουσ αὐτοῖσ εἰσ τὰσ φάτνασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 35 3:1)
  • ἃσ γοῦν ἴσμεν ψάμμουσ ἄλλασ εὐμεγέθεισ, ἴσμεν τοῦτο πασχούσασ, ἐπεὶ καὶ αἱ περὶ τὰσ εἰσβολὰσ τὰσ ἐξ Ἀράβων εἰσ Αἴγυπτον ψάμμοι οὐ τοσοῦτον ὕσει ὡσ παρήσουσι ῥεῦμα ὕδατι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:8)

Synonyms

  1. sand

  2. something worthless

  3. desert

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