ἄμαθος

See also: άμαθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from an unidentified European substrate, along with its synonyms ἄμμος (ámmos), ψάμαθος (psámathos), and ψάμμος (psámmos). Outside of Greek, cognates (from the same substrate) include Old English sand, Latin sabulum, and perhaps Old Armenian աւազ (awaz).^[1]

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

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.

Second declension of ἡ ἀ̆μᾰθος; τῆς ἀ̆μᾰ́θου (Attic)

Derived terms

• Ἀμαθοῦς (Amathoûs)
• ἠμαθόεις (ēmathóeis)

Descendants

• Greek: άμαθος (ámathos)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄμαθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 79-80

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] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἄμαθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press