ψάμμος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Could be from a *ψάφμος (*psáphmos) (compare the pair γράφω (gráphō), γράμμα (grámma)), and thus perhaps related to ψαφαρός (psapharós, “powdery, sandy”), ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”), as well as Latin sabulum. Possibly from the same root as ψῆν (psên, “to rub, grate, scratch”), though the formal relationship, if there is one, is unknown. Onomatopoeia may be involved.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]ψᾰ́μμος • (psámmos) f or m (genitive ψᾰ́μμου); second declension
Usage notes
[edit]- Normally feminine, sometimes masculine.
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]- ψάμμινος (psámminos)
- ψαμμόγεως (psammógeōs)
- ψαμμοδύτης (psammodútēs)
- ψαμμοειδής (psammoeidḗs)
Related terms
[edit]- ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”)
References
[edit]- “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) “ψῆν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1665–1666
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ψῆφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1666–1667
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