Ἄμμων
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
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.
