A.dwelling in sand, ἀ. κόγχοι sand-snails, Epich.42. ἄμα^θος [α^μ], ἡ, Ep. form of ἄμμος, sand, Il.5.587, A.R.4.1239, etc.: pl., links, dunes by the sea, h.Ap.439; generally, sandy soil, Nic.Th.262. (Dist. by Gramm., e.g. Sch.Il.9.384, from ψάμμος (q.v.) as dust from sea-sand, but prob. wrongly:—ἄμ- is for ἅμ-, i. e. σάμ-, cf. sand.)
ἀμα^θῖτις , ιδος, ἡ, (ἄμαθος)