Ammon

English

Etymology 1

FromHebrewעַמּוֹן(ammon),from the rootע־מ־ם.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈæm.ən/
• (US)IPA^(key):[ˈɛə̯mɪ̈n]

  • Audio(US):

    (file)

• Rhymes:-æmən
• Hyphenation:Am‧mon

Proper noun

Ammon

1. (historical)Anancientnationoccupying the east of theJordanRiver, between thetorrentvalleysofArnonandJabbok,in present-dayJordan.
2. AcommunityofMoncton Parish,New Brunswick,Canada.
3. A city inBonneville County,Idaho.
4. AnunincorporatedcommunityinBladen County,North Carolina.
5. AnunincorporatedcommunityinAmelia County,Virginia.

Derived terms

• Ammonite

Translations

an ancient people of Israel

• Ammonite:𐤏𐤌𐤍(ʿmn)
• Hebrew:עַמּוֹן(amon)
• Portuguese:Amom
• Russian:аммонитя́неmpl(ammonitjáne)
• Spanish:Amónm

Etymology 2

FromLatinAmmōn,fromAncient GreekἌμμων(Ámmōn),itself fromEgyptian(jmn).

Proper noun

Ammon

1. (Egyptianmythology)Alternative form ofAmun
   • 1898,Mary E. Bamford,Out of the Triangle‎^[1]:

     Here, over five hundred years before, had come the founder of Alexandria, Alexander the Great, to visit the oracle ofAmmon,the god figured to be like a man having the head and horns of a ram.

Derived terms

• Ammon's horn

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ammon

1. (obsolete)A river inScotlandnow calledAlmond.

Anagrams

• Moman

Chuukese

Etymology

Fromammon(“preparation”).

Noun

Ammon

1. Saturday

German

Alternative forms

• Amun,Amon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈamɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Ammonm(proper noun,strong,genitiveAmmons)

1. (Egyptianmythology)Amun

Declension

Declension ofAmmon[sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ammon
genitive	eines	des	Ammons
dative	einem	dem	Ammon
accusative	einen	den	Ammon

Derived terms

• Ammonshorn

Related terms

• Ammonit

Further reading

• “Ammon”inDudenonline
• “Ammon”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hammōn

Etymology

BorrowedfromAncient GreekἌμμων(Ámmōn),fromEgyptian(jmn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈam.moːn/,[ˈämːoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈam.mon/,[ˈämːon]

Proper noun

Ammōnmsg(genitiveAmmōnis);third declension

1. (Egyptianmythology)Amun(Egyptian god identified with Jupiter)

Declension

Third-declensionnoun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ammōn
genitive	Ammōnis
dative	Ammōnī
accusative	Ammōnem
ablative	Ammōne
vocative	Ammōn

Descendants

• →English:Ammon

References

• “Ammon”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• AmmoninGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.