ψάμαθος
psamathos
sand of the sea-shore
Appears 20 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ψάμαθος, ἡ (poet., also in a Homeric paraphrase, 2.393e), A. 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. Aj. 1064; παρακτία ψ. IA 165 (lyr.), cf. 1054 (lyr.); παρὰ ψ. καὶ θῖνʼ ἁλός 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 P. 9.47. (Perh. formed by combining ψάμμος and ἄμαθος; similarly ἄμμος (ἅμμος) by combining ἄμαθος and ψάμμος; ἄμαθος is cogn. with Engl. sand.)
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