πομφός

Ancient Greek

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

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

(medicine) blister on the skin
Synonyms: πομφόλῠξ (pomphólŭx), φλῠ́κταινᾰ (phlŭ́ktaină)

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

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 tōî pomphōî	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.

πομφός • (pomfós) m (plural πομφοί)