πομφόλυξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πομφός (pomphós, “blister”) + infix -λ- (-l-) + ending -υγ-ς (-ug-s), a Pre-Greek suffix. 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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pom.pʰó.lyks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pomˈpʰo.lyks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pomˈɸo.lyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pomˈfo.lyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pomˈfo.liks/
Noun
πομφόλῠξ • (pomphólŭx) f (genitive πομφόλῠγος); third declension (also as masculine accusative in Galen)
- (medicine) blister (in Hippocrates, Plato)
- bubble (Plato)
- head ornament (Aristophanes, Frogs)
- (chemistry) zinc oxide
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πομφόλῠξ hē pomphólŭx |
τὼ πομφόλῠγε tṑ pomphólŭge |
αἱ πομφόλῠγες hai pomphólŭges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πομφόλῠγος tês pomphólŭgos |
τοῖν πομφολῠ́γοιν toîn pompholŭ́goin |
τῶν πομφολῠ́γων tôn pompholŭ́gōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πομφόλῠγῐ tēî pomphólŭgĭ |
τοῖν πομφολῠ́γοιν toîn pompholŭ́goin |
ταῖς πομφόλῠξῐ / πομφόλῠξῐν taîs pomphólŭxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πομφόλῠγᾰ tḕn pomphólŭgă |
τὼ πομφόλῠγε tṑ pomphólŭge |
τᾱ̀ς πομφόλῠγᾰς tā̀s pomphólŭgăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πομφόλῠξ pomphólŭx |
πομφόλῠγε pomphólŭge |
πομφόλῠγες pomphólŭges | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
Related terms
- ἀπομφολῠ’γωτος (apompholŭ’gōtos)
- πομφολῠγηρόν m (pompholŭgērón)
- πομφολυγίζω (pompholugízō, “bubble up”)
- πομφολῠγοπάφλασμα n (pompholŭgopáphlasma, “bubble-splash”)
- πομφολῠγόω (pompholŭgóō, “cause to bubble”)
- πομφολῠγώδης (pompholŭgṓdēs, adjective)
- πομφολῠγωτός (pompholŭgōtós, adjective)
- πομφολύζω (pompholúzō, “I bubble”)
- πομφός m (pomphós, “blister”)
Descendants
- →? Catalan: pampallugues
- → English: pompholyx, pompholix
- Greek: πομφόλυγα (pomfólyga), πομφόλυγας (pomfólygas), (Katharevousa) πομφόλυξ (pomfólyx)
- → Latin: famfalūca
- Italian: fanfaluca
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “πομφόλυξ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen[1] (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg
Further reading
- Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “πομφόλυξ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen[2] (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg
- “πομφόλυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πομφόλυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Alternative forms
- πομφόλυγα f (pomfólyga) (standard)
- πομφόλυγας m (pomfólygas) (less common)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɱˈfolix/
Noun
πομφόλυξ • (pomfólyx) f (plural πομφόλυγες) (Katharevousa)