γομφίος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γόμφος (gómphos, “nail, peg”) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡom.pʰí.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡomˈpʰi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣomˈɸi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣomˈfi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣomˈfi.os/
Noun
γομφίος • (gomphíos) m (genitive γομφίου); second declension
- (chiefly in the plural) molar, back tooth, grinder tooth
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ γομφῐ́ος ho gomphĭ́os |
τὼ γομφῐ́ω tṑ gomphĭ́ō |
οἱ γομφῐ́οι hoi gomphĭ́oi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γομφῐ́ου toû gomphĭ́ou |
τοῖν γομφῐ́οιν toîn gomphĭ́oin |
τῶν γομφῐ́ων tôn gomphĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γομφῐ́ῳ tōî gomphĭ́ōi |
τοῖν γομφῐ́οιν toîn gomphĭ́oin |
τοῖς γομφῐ́οις toîs gomphĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν γομφῐ́ον tòn gomphĭ́on |
τὼ γομφῐ́ω tṑ gomphĭ́ō |
τοὺς γομφῐ́ους toùs gomphĭ́ous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γομφῐ́ε gomphĭ́e |
γομφῐ́ω gomphĭ́ō |
γομφῐ́οι gomphĭ́oi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- μύλος (múlos)
Derived terms
- ἀγόμφιος (agómphios)
- γομφιάζω (gomphiázō)
- γομφίασις (gomphíasis)
- γομφιασμός (gomphiasmós)
- γομφιόδουπος (gomphiódoupos)
Descendants
- Greek: γομφίος (gomfíos)
Further reading
- γομφίος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γομφίος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- γομφίος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “γομφίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “γομφίος”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- molar idem, page 538.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γομφίος (gomphíos).
Noun
γομφίος • (gomfíos) m (plural γομφίοι)
- molar (tooth)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | γομφίος (gomfíos) | γομφίοι (gomfíoi) |
| genitive | γομφίου (gomfíou) | γομφίων (gomfíon) |
| accusative | γομφίο (gomfío) | γομφίους (gomfíous) |
| vocative | γομφίε (gomfíe) | γομφίοι (gomfíoi) |
Synonyms
- τραπεζίτης m (trapezítis)
Related terms
- γόμφος m (gómfos, “peg”)
Further reading
- γομφίος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el