πομφός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate with πέμφιξ (pémphix, “pustule”) and πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “blister, bubble”). According to Beekes, they are all Pre-Greek words.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. (medicine) blister on the skin
    Synonyms: πομφόλῠξ (pomphólux), φλῠ́κταινᾰ (phlúktaina)
    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.

Descendants
  • Greek: πομφός (pomfós)
  • → Italian: pomfo

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πομφός.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poɱˈfos/

Noun

πομφός • (pomfós) m (plural πομφοί)

  1. (medicine, formal) blister

Declension
declension of πομφός
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πομφός • πομφοί •
genitive πομφού • πομφών •
accusative πομφό • πομφούς •
vocative πομφέ • πομφοί •

Synonyms

Further reading
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