sand ἄμμος, or ἅμμος (compare ὕφ-αμμος), ἡ, __A sand, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II sandy ground, racecourse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus
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sand ἄμμος, or ἅμμος (compare ὕφ-αμμος), ἡ, __A sand, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II sandy ground, racecourse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus
sand, ἄμμος(A), orἅμμος(cf.ὕφ-αμμος),ἡ, A. sand, Pl. Phd. 110a , etc. II. sandy ground, racecourse, X. Mem. 3.3.6 . (Related toἄμαθοςasψάμμοςtoψάμαθος.)
ἄμμος (B), Aeol. = ἁμός (A), q. v. ἄμμος(B), Aeol. A. = ἁμός (A), q.v.
sand ἄμμος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חוֹל ;] sand, sandy ground: Mat.7:26, Rom.9:27, Heb.11:12, Rev.18:1, Rev.20:8.† (AS)
abounding in sand, sandy, πολῠ́-αμμος,ον, A. abounding in sand, sandy, Hsch. s.v. ἠμαθόεντος.
sandy waste, χέρσ-αμμος,ἡ, A. sandy waste, POxy. 988 (iii A. D.).
golden sand, χρύσ-αμμος [ῡ],ἡ, A. golden sand,Olymp.Alch. p.98 B. ;= balluca, Gloss.
ἁμός (A) or ἀμός [ ᾱ], ή , όν , Aeol. ἄμμος Alc. 105 A, Milet. 3 No. 152.35 , = ἡμέτερος (cf. ὑμός for ὑμέτερος, σφός for σφέτερος, A.D. Pron. 111.18 ), freq. used for ἐμός, Il. 8.178 , Od. 11.166 , e
ἄμμες , Aeol. and Ep. for ἡμεῖς : acc. ἄμμε : gen. ἀμμέων : dat. ἄμμι ( νρπαρ; Hom. , etc.; ἄμμεσιν, Alc. 100 . ἀμμέσον , poet. for ἀνὰ μέσον, Hes. ἀμμέτερος and ἄμμος , = ἡμέτερος , Alc. 105 A, B. ἄμ
μολυβδ-ῖτις , ιδος , ἡ , ἄμμος a kind of sand from which λιθάργυρος is obtained, Dsc. 5.87 , Plin. HN 33.106 . μολυβδ-ῖτις,ιδος,ἡ , ἄμμοςa kind of sand from whichλιθάργυροςis obtained, Dsc. 5.87 , Pli
forming a long narrow strip of land, ὑποταίνιος,ον, A. forming a long narrow strip of land, ἄμμος Ph. 1 . 647 ;αὐχήν,of the island of Pharos, Id. 2.139 ; (sc.γῆ,cf. ταινία 11.2 ) ib. 524 .
graze λιδρίον: τρύβλιον, Hsch. λίζει: παίζει, andλίζουσι: παίζουσιν, Id.λιζόν: ἔλαττον, Id. (i.e.ὄλιζον).λίζω, A. graze, Eust. 1926.37 , as giving the Root ofλίγδην, ἐπιλίγδην.λιζῶνες: ἐλάττονες, Hs
sand of the sea-shore, ψᾰ́μᾰθ-ος,ἡ(poet., also in a Homeric paraphrase, Plu. 2.393e ), A. sand of the sea-shore, ἔρειπε δὲ τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν . . , ὡς ὅτε τις ψάμαθον πάϊς ἄγχι θαλάσσης . . συνέχευε Il.