ἄμαθος

See also: άμαθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably Pre-Greek along with its synonyms ἄμμος (ámmos), ψάμαθος (psámathos), and ψάμμος (psámmos). Efforts to connect these words with Old English sand, Latin sabulum, and Old Armenian աւազ (awaz) are unconvincing.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ma.tʰos/ → /ˈa.ma.θos/ → /ˈa.ma.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ma.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma.θos/

Noun

ἄμᾰθος • (ámathos) f (genitive ἄμάθου); second declension

1. (Epic) Synonym of ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”)

   Synonyms: ψάμαθος (psámathos), ψάμμος (psámmos)

2. sandy soil
3. (in the plural) sand dunes by the sea

Declension

Second declension of ἡ ἀ̆μᾰθος; τῆς ἀ̆μᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆μᾰθος hē amathos	τὼ ἀ̆μᾰ́θω tṑ amáthō	αἱ ἀ̆μᾰθοι hai amathoi
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆μᾰ́θου tês amáthou	τοῖν ἀ̆μᾰ́θοιν toîn amáthoin	τῶν ἀ̆μᾰ́θων tôn amáthōn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆μᾰ́θῳ têi amáthōi	τοῖν ἀ̆μᾰ́θοιν toîn amáthoin	ταῖς ἀ̆μᾰ́θοις taîs amáthois
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆μᾰθον tḕn amathon	τὼ ἀ̆μᾰ́θω tṑ amáthō	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆μᾰ́θους tā̀s amáthous
Vocative	ἀ̆μᾰθε amathe	ἀ̆μᾰ́θω amáthō	ἀ̆μᾰθοι amathoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀμαθοῦς (Amathoûs)
• ἠμαθόεις (ēmathóeis)

Descendants

• Greek: άμαθος (ámathos)

Further reading

• “ἄμαθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄμαθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄμαθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄμαθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄμαθος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἄμαθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press