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).

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 • (ámăthos) 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 ᾰ̓́μᾰθος; τῆς ᾰ̓μᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́μᾰθος hē ắmăthos	τὼ ᾰ̓μᾰ́θω tṑ ămắthō	αἱ ᾰ̓́μᾰθοι hai ắmăthoi
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓μᾰ́θου tês ămắthou	τοῖν ᾰ̓μᾰ́θοιν toîn ămắthoin	τῶν ᾰ̓μᾰ́θων tôn ămắthōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓μᾰ́θῳ têi ămắthōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓μᾰ́θοιν toîn ămắthoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓μᾰ́θοις taîs ămắthois
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́μᾰθον tḕn ắmăthon	τὼ ᾰ̓μᾰ́θω tṑ ămắthō	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μᾰ́θους tā̀s ămắthous
Vocative	ᾰ̓́μᾰθε ắmăthe	ᾰ̓μᾰ́θω ămắthō	ᾰ̓́μᾰθοι ắmăthoi
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 (2006–2025)
• “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