Ἄμμων
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
ωνος, ὁ, the Libyan
A Zeus, Ζεὺς Ἄ. Pi.P.4.16: said to be Egyptian, Hdt.2.42; Ἄμμωνος (κέρας), = κορωνόπους, Ps.-Dsc.2.130, etc.:—fem. Adj. Ἀμμωνίς, ίδος, Libyan, Ἀ. ἕδρα seat of Ammon, i. e. Libya, E.Alc.114, El.734: Subst. Ἀ., ἡ, name of state-trireme, Din.Fr.14.2:—also Ἀμμωνιάς, άδος, Phot. s.v. Πάραλος: Ἀμμωνιακός, ή, όν, ἀπάτη AP7.687 (Pall.), esp. Ἀ. ἅλας kind of rock-salt, Dinon 15, cf. Dsc.5.109, Gp.6.6.1, PMag.Lond.46.397:—ἀμμο-κή, ἡ, Ferula marmarica, Ps.-Dsc.3.84:—ἀμμο-κόν, τό, gum-ammoniacum, Dsc.3.48.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ωνος (ὁ) :
Ammon, n. égyptien de Zeus.
English (Slater)
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.
