Ψάμμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psám.mis/ → /ˈpsam.mis/ → /ˈpsa.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psám.mis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsam.mis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsam.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsam.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsa.mis/

Proper noun

Ψᾰ́μμῐς • (Psámmis) m (genitive Ψᾰ́μμῐος); third declension

1. a male given name from Egyptian: Psammis, an Egyptian pharaoh and son of Necho

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ψᾰ́μμῐς; τοῦ Ψᾰ́μμῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ψᾰ́μμῐς ho Psámmis
Genitive	τοῦ Ψᾰ́μμῐος toû Psámmios
Dative	τῷ Ψᾰ́μμῑ tôi Psámmī
Accusative	τὸν Ψᾰ́μμῐν tòn Psámmin
Vocative	Ψᾰ́μμῐ Psámmi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Psammis

Further reading

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