ἄμη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Related to or derived from the verb ἀμάομαι (amáomai, “I draw (milk), gather”). Possibly cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀔 (a-ma, “harvest”). Further etymology uncertain, but perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *semH- (“to scoop up, pour”) (whence Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), sámtis (“ladle”), Latin sentīna (“bilge water”)) or *am- (“to fill”). Has also been compared to ἀμίς (amís, “chamber-pot”), Sanskrit अमत (ámatra, “a large drinking vessel”), Old Armenian ամամ (amam, “to fill, pour”) (whence աման (aman, “vase, vessel, sack”)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.mɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.me̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.mi/
Noun
ᾰ̓́μη • (ámē) f (genitive ᾰ̓́μης); first declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́μη hē ámē |
τὼ ᾰ̓́μᾱ tṑ ámā |
αἱ ᾰ̓́μαι hai ámai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓́μης tês ámēs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́μαιν toîn ámain |
τῶν ᾰ̓μῶν tôn amôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓́μῃ têi ámēi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́μαιν toîn ámain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓́μαις taîs ámais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́μην tḕn ámēn |
τὼ ᾰ̓́μᾱ tṑ ámā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́μᾱς tā̀s ámās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́μη ámē |
ᾰ̓́μᾱ ámā |
ᾰ̓́μαι ámai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἄμαις καὶ σκάφαις ἀρύω (ámais kaì skáphais arúō, proverb)
Descendants
- Latin: hama
See also
- ἀμάω (amáō, “to reap, mow”)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀμάωμαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
- “ἄμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄμη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- ἄμη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
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