ἀμύς

English (LSJ)

ύδος, ἡ, = χελώνη λιμναία, Archig. ap. Gal.12.575.

Spanish (DGE)

-ύδος, ἡ
galápago Archig. en Gal.12.575.
• Etimología: Quizá contaminación de ἐμύς q.u. y ἀμία ‘bonito’.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμύς: «ὁμοῦ, σὺν αὐτῷ» Ἡσύχ.

Frisk Etymological English

-ύδος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: sweet-water turtle, χελώνη λιμναία (Archig. ap. Gal.).
Other forms: Also ἐμύς (Arist. HA 588a8, H.)
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Considered contamination of ἐμύς id. und ἀμία tunny by Strömberg Fischnamen 81; improb. Perhaps in πήλαμυς (s.v.)? No doubt a substr. word; cf. the form with ἐ-. Fur. 347.

Frisk Etymology German

ἀμύς: -ύδος
{amús}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Süßwasserschildkröte (Archig. ap. Gal.).
Etymology: Nach Strömberg Fischnamen 81 Kontamination von ἐμύς ib. und ἀμία Thunfisch, der in die Flüsse geht.
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