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Amerias (Greek: Ἀμερίας, 3rd century BC) was an ancient Macedonian lexicographer, known for his compilation of a glossary titled ''Glossai'' (', terms or words). Αnother of his works was called ''Rhizotomikos'' ('), an etymological treatise.〔Athenaeus, iv. p.176, c, e, xv. p. 681, f, &c.〕〔Scholiast ''On Apollonius of Rhodes'', ii. 384, 1284〕〔Ludolf Küster, ''On Hesychius of Alexandria'' s.v. 〕 Words of Amerias have survived in the writings of Hesychius and Athenaeus. From the titles and the wording of Athenaeus, it is evident that Amerias did not write an exclusively Macedonian dictionary. He included in his ''Glossai'' a Homeric vocabulary as well, as with most of the Alexandrian grammarians. The only marked Macedonian term, given by Hesychius, is ''sauadai, saudoi, silenoi''. Athenaeus calls him many times Amerias the Macedonian but it is Seleucus of Alexandria who is quoted with the Macedonian bread ''dramis'', while Amerias in the same chapter is quoted with the bread ''ξηροπυρίτας, xeropyritas''.〔Hesychius of Alexandria, 3.114b〕 The suffix -as indicates a Doric word, as ''badas'' and ''rhappaulas'' but they are not reported as Macedonian; they may be, they may be not. Words that resemble the Macedonian sound-law of Hesychius are: ''badas'' (Attic ''batalos''), ''kalithos'' (Attic ''khalis''), ''grabion'' and ''kalarrhugai'', while ''Bathale'', ''pekhari'', ''scheron'', ''tetholos'', ''hyphainein'', as well the suffix ''-thos'' of ''kalithos'', contradict it. In any case, since Amerias is the only ancient proper grammarian and lexicographer, who is quoted as Macedonian, his Glossary is regarded generally as Macedonian at least of 4th to 3rd century BC. ==See also== Ancient Macedonian language 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amerias」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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