πομφός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Cognate with πέμφιξ (pémphix, “pustule”) and πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “blister, bubble”). According to Beekes, they are all Pre-Greek words.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pom.pʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pomˈpʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pomˈɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pomˈfos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pomˈfos/
Noun
πομφός • (pomphós) m (genitive πομφοῦ); second declension
- (medicine) blister on the skin
- Synonyms: πομφόλῠξ (pomphólŭx), φλῠ́κταινᾰ (phlŭ́ktaină)
- καταπίμπλαται πομφῶν ― katapímplatai pomphôn ― it is filled with 'blisters
Hippocrates (460‑377 B.C.E.), De Morbis, Lib. II.)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πομφός ho pomphós |
τὼ πομφώ tṑ pomphṓ |
οἱ πομφοί hoi pomphoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πομφοῦ toû pomphoû |
τοῖν πομφοῖν toîn pomphoîn |
τῶν πομφῶν tôn pomphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πομφῷ tôi pomphôi |
τοῖν πομφοῖν toîn pomphoîn |
τοῖς πομφοῖς toîs pomphoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πομφόν tòn pomphón |
τὼ πομφώ tṑ pomphṓ |
τοὺς πομφούς toùs pomphoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πομφέ pomphé |
πομφώ pomphṓ |
πομφοί pomphoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “πομφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πομφός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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 πομφός.
Pronunciation
Noun
πομφός • (pomfós) m (plural πομφοί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πομφός (pomfós) | πομφοί (pomfoí) |
| genitive | πομφού (pomfoú) | πομφών (pomfón) |
| accusative | πομφό (pomfó) | πομφούς (pomfoús) |
| vocative | πομφέ (pomfé) | πομφοί (pomfoí) |
Synonyms
Related terms
- πομφόλυγα f (pomfólyga), πομφόλυγας m, Katharevousa: πομφόλυξ f
- πομφολυγώδης (pomfolygódis, “blistery”, adjective)
- πομφώδης (pomfódis, “blistery”, adjective)
Further reading
πομφός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
