λέμφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée recognized that this is the same word as λάμπη (lámpē, “scum, foam”), which shows characteristic Pre-Greek variation.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lém.pʰos/ → /ˈlem.ɸos/ → /ˈlem.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lém.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.fos/

Noun

λέμφος • (lémphos) m (genitive λέμφου); second declension

1. mucous discharge from the nose, snot

   Synonyms: βλέννα (blénna), κόρυζα (kóruza), μύξα (múxa)

2. (in the plural) putrescent carcasses

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λέμφος; τοῦ λέμφου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λέμφος ho lémphos	τὼ λέμφω tṑ lémphō	οἱ λέμφοι hoi lémphoi
Genitive	τοῦ λέμφου toû lémphou	τοῖν λέμφοιν toîn lémphoin	τῶν λέμφων tôn lémphōn
Dative	τῷ λέμφῳ tôi lémphōi	τοῖν λέμφοιν toîn lémphoin	τοῖς λέμφοις toîs lémphois
Accusative	τὸν λέμφον tòn lémphon	τὼ λέμφω tṑ lémphō	τοὺς λέμφους toùs lémphous
Vocative	λέμφε lémphe	λέμφω lémphō	λέμφοι lémphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λεμφώδης (lemphṓdēs)

Further reading

• “λέμφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λέμφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN