1. ἀμμά · amma — Beekes
mamma, mother; nurse
The corpus record
ἅμμα
amma
mamma, mother; nurse
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
- Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
- Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
Senses
2. ἀμμά · amma — Chantraine
1
3. ἄμμα · amma — Frisk
Mutter, Pflegemutter, Amme
4. ἅμμα · hamma — LSJ
anything tied
5. ἀμμά · amma — LSJ
mother, foster-mother, nurse
Attestations
- ἅμμα · hamma Plato, Timaeus 70 (DIORISIS sentence 659)
- ἅμμα · hamma Plato, Timaeus 76 (DIORISIS sentence 718)
- ἅμματα · hammata Herodotus, Histories 4.98.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4688)
- ἅμμα · hamma Herodotus, Histories 4.98.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4690)
- ἁμμάτων · hammatōn Herodotus, Histories 4.98.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4691)
- ἁμμάτων · hammatōn Euripides, Heracles 1035–1038
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 135-136; entry #464 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 90; entry #488 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2155; entry #6416 Review: Under source audit
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