ἀμμά

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English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A mother, EM84.24; foster-mother, nurse, SIG2868 (Calymna) :—also ἀμμάς, ἡ, EM84.26, BGU449 (iii A.D.); epith. of Rhea and Demeter, Hsch.

Spanish (DGE)

-ᾶς, ἡ

• Alolema(s): ἀμμᾶς Pall.H.Laus.34.6; ἄμμα BGU 948.16 (IV/V a.C.); ἀμμή SEG 7.50; ἀμμάς BGU 449 (II/III a.C.); Ἀμμάς Hsch., EM 1090
I 1mama ἡ μήτηρ Hsch., Phot.p.92R., κατὰ ὑποκόρισμα EM 1090.
2 madre superiora de un convento Apoph.Patr.M.65.416B
simpl. madre ref. a una monja o «madre espiritual», Pall.H.Laus.34.6, 59.1.
3 la madre hipocorístico de Rea, Hsch., Phot.l.c., EM 1090, o de Deméter, Hsch., Phot.l.c., o de la nodriza de Ártemis, Hsch., Phot.l.c.
II ama, nodriza, PMil.Vogl.230.12 (II a.C.), TC 170.3, 189.3 (II a.C.), PMich.208.9 (II a.C.), SB 9882.2.5 (II/III a.C.), BGU 449 (II/III a.C.), 948.16 (IV/V a.C.), EM 1090, Phot.l.c.
fig. ἀ. ... ἡ ἁλυκὴ ζάψ Simm.11.
III lesb. τὰς ἀντλίας δὲ ... οὕτως ἔλεγον Phot.l.c.

• Etimología: Voz infantil muy difundida, cf. alb. amë ‘madre’, ‘tía’, aaa., airl. amma, luv. jer. ama ‘madre’, etc.