"ἄμμος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἄμμος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ám.mos/, /ˈam.mos/, /ˈa.mos/, /ám.mos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈam.mos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈam.mos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈam.mos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈa.mos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Traditionally considered a contamination of ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”) and ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”). Even if not, likely a loan from some European substrate; said substrate status makes phonetic analysis such as the contamination theory above difficult, as the word likely does not follow traditional Indo-European sound laws. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qfa-sub|-}} substrate Head templates: {{grc-noun|ᾰ̓́μμος|ᾰ̓́μμου|f|second}} ᾰ̓́μμος • (ắmmos) f (genitive ᾰ̓́μμου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ᾰ̓́μμος|ᾰ̓́μμου|form=F}} Forms: ᾰ̓́μμος [canonical], ắmmos [romanization], ᾰ̓́μμου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ ᾰ̓́μμος [nominative, singular], ᾰ̓́μμω [dual, nominative], αἱ ᾰ̓́μμοι [nominative, plural], τῆς ᾰ̓́μμου [genitive, singular], ᾰ̓́μμοιν [dual, genitive], ᾰ̓́μμων [genitive, plural], τῇ ᾰ̓́μμῳ [dative, singular], ᾰ̓́μμοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ᾰ̓́μμοις [dative, plural], τὴν ᾰ̓́μμον [accusative, singular], ᾰ̓́μμω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́μμους [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓́μμε [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓́μμω [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓́μμοι [plural, vocative], ᾰ̔́μμος [alternative]
  1. sand
    Sense id: en-ἄμμος-grc-noun-9519JFWD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43
  2. sandy ground, a racecourse
    Sense id: en-ἄμμος-grc-noun-FaS0x2W2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ψάμμος (psámmos) (english: sand)
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