ψάμμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Could be from a *ψάφμος (*psáphmos) (compare γράφω (gráphō), γράμμα (grámma)), and thus perhaps related to ψαφαρός (psapharós, “powdery, sandy”), ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”), as well as Latin sabulum. Compare Sanskrit पांसु (pāṃsú).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psám.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsam.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsam.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsam.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.mos/
Noun
ψᾰ́μμος • (psámmos) f or m (genitive ψᾰ́μμου); second declension
- sand
- Synonym: ψάμαθος (psámathos)
- something worthless
- metallic ore used by alchemists
- desert
Usage notes
- Normally feminine, sometimes masculine.
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ, ἡ ψᾰ́μμος; τοῦ, τῆς ψᾰ́μμου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ψᾰ́μμος ho, hē psámmos | τὼ ψᾰ́μμω tṑ psámmō | οἱ, αἱ ψᾰ́μμοι hoi, hai psámmoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ψᾰ́μμου toû, tês psámmou | τοῖν ψᾰ́μμοιν toîn psámmoin | τῶν ψᾰ́μμων tôn psámmōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ ψᾰ́μμῳ tôi, têi psámmōi | τοῖν ψᾰ́μμοιν toîn psámmoin | τοῖς, ταῖς ψᾰ́μμοις toîs, taîs psámmois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ψᾰ́μμον tòn, tḕn psámmon | τὼ ψᾰ́μμω tṑ psámmō | τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ψᾰ́μμους toùs, tā̀s psámmous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψᾰ́μμε psámme | ψᾰ́μμω psámmō | ψᾰ́μμοι psámmoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψάμμινος (psámminos)
- ψαμμόγεως (psammógeōs)
- ψαμμοδύτης (psammodútēs)
- ψαμμοειδής (psammoeidḗs)
Related terms
- ἄμμος (ἄmmos, “sand”)
References
- ψάμμος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψάμμος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψάμμος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ψάμμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ψάμμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ψάμμος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill