ψαμαθία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψάμαθος (psámathos, “sand”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psa.ma.tʰí.aː/ → /psa.maˈθi.a/ → /psa.maˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psa.ma.tʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psa.maˈtʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psa.maˈθi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psa.maˈθi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psa.maˈθi.a/

Noun

ψαμαθία • (psamathía)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: αἰγιαλός (aigialós, “beach, shore”).

Further reading

• “ψαμαθία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ