σφυγμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σφύζω (sphúzō, “to throb”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰyŋ.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spʰyɡˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sɸyɣˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sfyɣˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sfiɣˈmos/
Noun
σφῠγμός • (sphŭgmós) m (genitive σφῠγμοῦ); second declension
- the throbbing of inflamed parts
- Synonym: παλμός (palmós)
- the beating of the heart and circulatory system, pulse
- a vibration of the earth, quake
- (figuratively) any violent emotion
- Wyttenbach's
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σφῠγμός ho sphŭgmós |
τὼ σφῠγμώ tṑ sphŭgmṓ |
οἱ σφῠγμοί hoi sphŭgmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σφῠγμοῦ toû sphŭgmoû |
τοῖν σφῠγμοῖν toîn sphŭgmoîn |
τῶν σφῠγμῶν tôn sphŭgmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σφῠγμῷ tōî sphŭgmōî |
τοῖν σφῠγμοῖν toîn sphŭgmoîn |
τοῖς σφῠγμοῖς toîs sphŭgmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σφῠγμόν tòn sphŭgmón |
τὼ σφῠγμώ tṑ sphŭgmṓ |
τοὺς σφῠγμούς toùs sphŭgmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σφῠγμέ sphŭgmé |
σφῠγμώ sphŭgmṓ |
σφῠγμοί sphŭgmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σφυγμικός (sphugmikós)
Further reading
- “σφυγμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφυγμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette