πομφός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate with πομφόλυξ, πομφολύζω. Probably related to ἡ πέμφιξ, τῆς πέμφῑγος “blast, breath, bubble”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pom.pʰós/ → /pomˈɸos/ → /pomˈfos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pom.pʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pomˈpʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pomˈɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pomˈfos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pomˈfos/

Noun

πομφός • (pomphós) m (genitive πομφοῦ); second declension

1. (medicine) blister

   καταπίμπλαται πομφῶν ― katapímplatai pomphôn ― it is filled with 'blisters
      Hippocrates (460‑377 B.C.E.), De Morbis, Lib. II.)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πομφός; τοῦ πομφοῦ (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• πομφόλῠξ f (pomphólux) (also masc.)
• φλύκταινα f (phlúktaina)

Related terms

• ἀπομφολῠ'γωτος (apompholu'gōtos)
• πομφόλῠξ f (pomphólux) (also masc.)
• πομφολῠγηρόν m (pompholugērón)
• πομφολυγίζω (pompholugízō, “bubble up”)
• πομφολῠγοπάφλασμα n (pompholugopáphlasma, “bubble-splash”)
• πομφολῠγόω (pompholugóō, “cause to bubble”)
• πομφολῠγώδης (pompholugṓdēs, adjective)
• πομφολῠγωτός (pompholugōtós, adjective)
• πομφολύζω (pompholúzō, “I bubble”)

Descendants

• Greek: πομφός (pomfós)

Further reading

• Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “πομφός”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen‎^[1] (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg
• “πομφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πομφός

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɱˈfos/

Noun

πομφός • (pomfós) m (plural πομφοί)

1. (medicine, formal) blister

Declension

Declension of πομφός

	singular	plural
nominative	πομφός •	πομφοί •
genitive	πομφού •	πομφών •
accusative	πομφό •	πομφούς •
vocative	πομφέ •	πομφοί •

Synonyms

• πομφόλυγα f (pomfólyga) (formal)
• φουσκάλα f (fouskála)
• φλύκταινα f (flýktaina) (formal)

Related terms

• πομφόλυγα f (pomfólyga), πομφόλυγας m, Katharevousa: πομφόλυξ f
• πομφολυγώδης (pomfolygódis, “blistery”, adjective)
• πομφώδης (pomfódis, “blistery”, adjective)