ψάμαθος
ψάμαθος, sand, sea-sand
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ψαμάθωι Noun: feminine dative singular of ψάμαθος
- sand of the sea-shore, ἔρειπε δὲ τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν . ., ὡς ὅτε τις ψάμαθον πάϊς ἄγχι θαλάσσης . . συνέχευε Il. 15.362; ψαμάθῳ εἰλυμένα πολλῇ Od. 14.136; ἀμφὶ χλωρὰν ψ. S. Aj. 1064; παρακτία ψ. E. IA 165 (lyr.), cf. 1054 (lyr.); παρὰ ψ. καὶ θῖνʼ ἁλός Ar. V. 1520 (lyr.): freq. in pl., νῆα . . ἐπʼ ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις Il. 1.486; ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις ἁλίῃσι Od. 3.38, cf. 4.438; of river-sand, Il. 21.202, 319.
- 2 prov. of a countless multitude, ὅσα ψ. τε κόνις τε ib. 9.385: pl., grains of sand, φύλλοισιν ἐοικότες ἢ ψαμάθοισιν 2.800; ὁπόσαι ἐν θαλάσσᾳ καὶ ποταμοῖς ψάμαθοι κλονέονται Pi. P. 9.47. (Perh. formed by combining ψάμμος and ἄμαθος; similarly ἄμμος (ἅμμος) by combining ἄμαθος and ψάμμος; ἄμαθος is cogn. with Engl. sand.)
-ου, ἡ
[cf. ἄμαθος and ψάμμος.]
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Sand : ὡς ὅτε τις ψάμαθον πάϊς
[ἐρείπῃ] (a sand-castle) Il. 15.362 : ψαμάθῳ εἰλυμένα Od. 14.136.
In pl. in sim. sense : αὐτόν μιν εἰλύσω ψαμάθοισιν Il. 21.319. Cf. Il. 7.462, Il. 12.31.
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Sand as commonly occurring by the sea or by rivers, the sand, the sands : ἐπὶ ψαμάθῳ ἔθεσαν Od. 13.119.
In pl. : νῆα ἔρυσσαν ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις Il. 1.486. Cf. Il. 21.202, Il. 23.15, 853 : Od. 3.38, Od. 4.426, 438, 539, Od. 9.546= Od. 12.5, Od. 13.284, Od. 22.387.
The particles considered separately with reference to their number : ὅσα ψάμαθός τε κόνις τε Il. 9.385.
In pl. : ψαμάθοισιν [ἐοικότες] Il. 2.800.
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- 1sand, pebbles “χὠπόσαι ἐν θαλάσσᾳ καὶ ποταμοῖς ψάμαθοι κύμασιν ῥιπαῖς τʼ ἀνέμων κλονέονται” P. 9.47
- 1sand, sea-sand, Hom., Soph., etc.; in pl., νῆα ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις on the sands, Hom.
- 2proverb. of a countless multitude, ὅσα ψάμαθός τε κόνις τε Il.; in pl. grains of sand, Il.