σφυγμός

Ancient Greek

From σφύζω (sphúzō, “to throb”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

σφῠγμός • (sphŭgmós) m (genitive σφῠγμοῦ); second declension

the throbbing of inflamed parts
Synonym: παλμός (palmós)
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 1259
the beating of the heart and circulatory system, pulse
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Breath 4.1
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Respiration 20.1
a vibration of the earth, quake
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 2.8.12
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 35
(figuratively) any violent emotion
- Wyttenbach's
  46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.132D

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σφῠγμός ho sphŭgmós	τὼ σφῠγμώ tṑ sphŭgmṓ	οἱ σφῠγμοί hoi sphŭgmoí
Genitive	τοῦ σφῠγμοῦ toû sphŭgmoû	τοῖν σφῠγμοῖν toîn sphŭgmoîn	τῶν σφῠγμῶν tôn sphŭgmôn
Dative	τῷ σφῠγμῷ tôi sphŭgmôi	τοῖν σφῠγμοῖν toîn sphŭgmoîn	τοῖς σφῠγμοῖς toîs sphŭgmoîs
Accusative	τὸν σφῠγμόν tòn sphŭgmón	τὼ σφῠγμώ tṑ sphŭgmṓ	τοὺς σφῠγμούς toùs sphŭgmoús
Vocative	σφῠγμέ sphŭgmé	σφῠγμώ sphŭgmṓ	σφῠγμοί sphŭgmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.