ψάμαθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ (poet., also in a Homeric paraphrase, Plu.2.393e), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">sand of the sea-shore</b>, ἔρειπε δὲ τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν... ὡς ὅτε τις ψάμαθον πάϊς ἄγχι θαλάσσης . . συνέχευε <span class="bibl">Il.15.362</span>; ψαμάθῳ εἰλυμένα πολλῇ <span class="bibl">Od. 14.136</span>; ἀμφὶ χλωρὰν ψ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1064</span>; παρακτία ψ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>165</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">1054</span> (lyr.); παρὰ ψ. καὶ θῖν' ἁλός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1520</span> (lyr.): freq. in pl., νῆα . . ἐπ' ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις <span class="bibl">Il.1.486</span>; ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις ἁλίῃσι <span class="bibl">Od.3.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.438</span>; of <b class="b2">river-sand</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.21.202</span>, <span class="bibl">319</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> prov. of a countless multitude, <b class="b3">ὅσα ψ. τε κόνις τε</b> ib.<span class="bibl">9.385</span>: pl., <b class="b2">grains of sand</b>, φύλλοισιν ἐοικότες ἢ ψαμάθοισιν <span class="bibl">2.800</span>; ὁπόσαι ἐν θαλάσσᾳ καὶ ποταμοῖς ψάμαθοι κλονέονται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.47</span>. (Perh. formed by combining <b class="b3">ψάμμος</b> and <b class="b3">ἄμαθος;</b> similarly <b class="b3">ἄμμος</b> (ἅμμος) by combining <b class="b3">ἄμαθος</b> and <b class="b3">ψάμμος; ἄμαθος</b> is cogn. with Engl. [[sand]].) </span>