σαρκόμφαλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sar.kóm.pʰa.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sarˈkom.pʰa.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sarˈkom.ɸa.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sarˈkom.fa.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sarˈkom.fa.lon/
Noun
σᾰρκόμφᾰλον • (sărkómphălon) n (genitive σᾰρκομφᾰ́λου); second declension
- (anatomy) fleshy excrescence on the navel
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σᾰρκόμφᾰλον tò sărkómphălon |
τὼ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω tṑ sărkomphắlō |
τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ tằ sărkómphălă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λου toû sărkomphắlou |
τοῖν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοιν toîn sărkomphắloin |
τῶν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λων tôn sărkomphắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λῳ tōî sărkomphắlōi |
τοῖν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοιν toîn sărkomphắloin |
τοῖς σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοις toîs sărkomphắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σᾰρκόμφᾰλον tò sărkómphălon |
τὼ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω tṑ sărkomphắlō |
τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ tằ sărkómphălă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰρκόμφᾰλον sărkómphălon |
σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω sărkomphắlō |
σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ sărkómphălă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σαρκόμφαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σαρκόμφαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette