Ἄμμων

See also: άμμων

Ancient Greek

Ἄμμων

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian jmn (“Amun”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ám.mɔːn/ → /ˈam.mon/ → /ˈa.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ám.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈam.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈam.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈam.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mon/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓́μμων • (Ámmōn) m (genitive Ᾰ̓́μμωνος); third declension

1. (Egyptian mythology) Amun

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́μμων; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́μμωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́μμων ho Ámmōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓́μμωνος toû Ámmōnos
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓́μμωνῐ tôi Ámmōni
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓́μμωνᾰ tòn Ámmōna
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́μμων Ámmōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ἀμένωφις (Aménōphis)

Descendants

• Greek: Άμμων (Ámmon); Άμμωνας (Ámmonas); Άμων (Ámon)
• Latin: Ammōn

References

• “Ἄμμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἄμμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἄμμων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἄμμων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001