ψάμμος
θεὸς δ' ἁμαρτάνουσιν οὐ παρίσταται → God doesn't stand by those who do wrong → A peccatore sese numen segregat → Ein Gott steht denen, die da freveln, niemals bei
English (LSJ)
ἡ, but in Archim.Aren.1.1, al., always ὁ:—
A sand, used by Hom. for ψάμαθος only in Od.12.243, later very freq., Hdt.8.71, etc.: pl., grains of sand, αἱ ἀπ' ἀλλήλων ἐσκεδασμέναι ψάμμοι S.E.P.1.130: prov., ψάμμος ἀριθμὸν περιπέφευγεν Pi.O.2.98; οἶδα δ' ἐγὼ ψάμμου τ' ἀριθμόν Orac. ap. Hdt.1.47; ἐκ ψάμμου σχοινίον πλέκειν, of labour in vain, Aristid.2.309J.; of something worthless, LXX Wi.7.9, D. Chr.77/8.30; ψάμμου ἄξιον Oenom. ap. Eus.PE5.21. 2 metallic ore used by alchemists, in pl., Olymp.Alch.p.106B., Zos.Alch. p.239 B. II ἡ ψ. the sandy desert of Libya, the sand, Hdt.3.25, 4.173; πλείστης ψάμμου OGI666.27 (Egypt, i A. D.). (Prob. Ψαφ-μος, cf. ψαφαρός, ψῆφος, Lat. sabulum.)
