πομφόλυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πομφός (“blister”) + infix -λ- + ending υγ-ς. Possibly related to φλύζω[1] or the word ἡ πέμφιξ, τῆς πέμφῑγος “blast, breath, bubble”, with the ending similar to *-φλυξ as in οἰνόφλυξ (“drunkard”). [2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πομφόλῠξ • (pomphólux) f (genitive πομφόλῠγος); third declension (also as masculine accusative in Galen)

  1. (medicine) blister (in Hippocrates, Plato)
  2. bubble (Plato)
  3. head ornament (Aristophanes, Frogs)
  4. (chemistry) zinc oxide

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πομφόλῠξ; τῆς πομφόλῠγος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πομφόλῠξ
hē pomphólux		 τὼ πομφόλῠγε
tṑ pomphóluge		 αἱ πομφόλῠγες
hai pomphóluges
Genitive τῆς πομφόλῠγος
tês pomphólugos		 τοῖν πομφολῠ́γοιν
toîn pompholúgoin		 τῶν πομφολῠ́γων
tôn pompholúgōn
Dative τῇ πομφόλῠγῐ
têi pomphólugi		 τοῖν πομφολῠ́γοιν
toîn pompholúgoin		 ταῖς πομφόλῠξῐ / πομφόλῠξῐν
taîs pomphóluxi(n)
Accusative τὴν πομφόλῠγᾰ
tḕn pomphóluga		 τὼ πομφόλῠγε
tṑ pomphóluge		 τᾱ̀ς πομφόλῠγᾰς
tā̀s pomphólugas
Vocative πομφόλῠξ
pomphólux		 πομφόλῠγε
pomphóluge		 πομφόλῠγες
pomphóluges
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms
  • ἀπομφολῠ'γωτος (apompholu'gōtos)
  • 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”)
  • πομφός m (pomphós, “blister”)

Descendants

References
  1. πομφόλυξ - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  2. Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “πομφόλυξ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen‎ (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ancient Greek πομφόλῠξ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poɱˈfolix/

Noun

πομφόλυξ • (pomfólyx) f (plural πομφόλυγες) (Katharevousa)

  1. (medicine, formal) blister

Synonyms
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