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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gómpʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.
Cognates include Ancient Macedonian κόμβος (kómbos), Sanskrit जम्भ (jámbha, “tooth”), Latin gemma, Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem), Old English camb (English comb), and Albanian dhëmb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡóm.pʰos/ → /ˈɣom.ɸos/ → /ˈɣom.fos/
Noun
γόμφος • (gómphos) m (genitive γόμφου); second declension
- bolt, dowel, nail
- (in general) bond, fastener
- cross-ribs of Egyptian canoes
- (surgery) instrument for cautery
- (anatomy) ankle joint
Inflection
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Further reading
- “γόμφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γόμφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γόμφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γόμφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γόμφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γόμφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- γόμφος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos), from Proto-Hellenic *gómpʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.
Noun
γόμφος • (gómfos) m (plural γόμφοι)
- peg (fastener)
Declension