Ψαμαθοῦς

Ψαμαθοῦς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀμαθοῦς (Amathoûs)

Etymology

Contracted from *Ψαμαθό(ϝ)εις, from ψάμαθος (psámathos, “sand”) +‎ -εις (-eis, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psa.ma.tʰôːs/ → /psa.maˈθus/ → /psa.maˈθus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psa.ma.tʰôːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psa.maˈtʰus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psa.maˈθus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psa.maˈθus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psa.maˈθus/

Proper noun

Ψαμαθοῦς • (Psamathoûs) m (genitive Ψαμαθοῦντος); third declension

1. Psamathus, Laconia, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ψαμαθοῦς; τοῦ Ψαμαθοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ψαμαθοῦς ho Psamathoûs
Genitive	τοῦ Ψαμαθοῦντος toû Psamathoûntos
Dative	τῷ Ψαμαθοῦντῐ tôi Psamathoûnti
Accusative	τὸν Ψαμαθοῦντᾰ tòn Psamathoûnta
Vocative	Ψαμαθοῦν Psamathoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Psamathus

References

• Ψαμαθοῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette