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|Full diacritics=Ἄμμων
|Medium diacritics=Ἄμμων
|Low diacritics=Άμμων
|Capitals=ΑΜΜΩΝ
|Transliteration A=Ámmōn
|Transliteration B=Ammōn
|Transliteration C=Ammon
|Beta Code=*)/ammwn
|Definition=ωνος, ὁ, the Libyan <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">Zeus</b>, Ζεὺς Ἄ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.16</span>: said to be Egyptian, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.42</span>; <b class="b3">Ἄμμωνος (κέρας)</b>, = [[κορωνόπους]], Ps.-Dsc.2.130, etc.:—fem. Adj. Ἀμμωνίς, ίδος, <b class="b2">Libyan</b>, <b class="b3">Ἀ. ἕδρα</b> seat <b class="b2">of Ammon</b>, i. e. Libya, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>114</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>734</span>: Subst. <b class="b3">Ἀ., ἡ,</b> name of state-trireme, <span class="bibl">Din.<span class="title">Fr.</span>14.2</span>:—also Ἀμμωνιάς, άδος, Phot. s.v. [[Πάραλος]]: Ἀμμωνιακός, ή, όν, ἀπάτη <span class="title">AP</span>7.687 (Pall.), esp. <b class="b3">Ἀ. ἅλας</b> kind of <b class="b2">rock-salt</b>, <span class="bibl">Dinon 15</span>, cf. Dsc.5.109, <span class="title">Gp.</span>6.6.1, <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>46.397:—ἀμμο-κή, ἡ, <b class="b2">Ferula marmarica</b>, Ps.-Dsc.3.84:—ἀμμο-κόν, τό, <b class="b2">gum-ammoniacum</b>, Dsc.3.48.</span>
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|lstext='''Ἄμμων''': -ωνος, ὁ, ὁ Λιβυκὸς [[Ζεὺς]] [[Ἄμμων]]: λέγεται δὲ ὅτι [[εἶναι]] Αἰγυπτιακὴ ἡ [[λέξις]], Ἡρόδ. 2. 42 ([[ἔνθα]] ἴδε τὸν Bähr), Πινδ. Π. 4. 28, κτλ.: - θηλ. ἐπίθ. Ἀμμωνίς, ίδος, = Λιβυκή, Ἀ. [[ἕδρα]], ἡ [[ἕδρα]] τοῦ Ἄμμωνος, ὅ ἐ. ἡ [[Λιβύη]], Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 114, Ἠλ. 734: - Ὁ Φώτ. ἔχει Ἀμμωνιάς, άδος.
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|btext=ωνος (ὁ) :<br />Ammon, <i>n. égyptien de Zeus</i>.
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|sltr=[[Ἄμμων]] cult [[name]] of [[Zeus]] in [[Libya]] “Διὸς ἐν Ἄμμωνος θεμέθλοις” (P. 4.16) [[Ἄμμων]] Ὀλύμπου δέσποτα fr. 36. [[test]]., Paus. 9. 6. 1, ἀπέπεμψε δὲ ὁ Πίνδαρος καὶ Λιβύης ἐς Ἀμμωνίους τῷ Ἄμμωνι ὕμνους (ὕμνον coni. Schneider.) fr. 36, cf. fr. 58.
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