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Etymology

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From πομφός (blister) + infix -λ- + ending υγ-ς. 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]

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πομφόλῠξ (pomphóluxf (genitive πομφόλῠγος); third declension (also as masculine accusative in Galen)

  1. (medicine) blister (in Hippocrates, Plato)
  2. bubble (Plato)
  3. head ornament (Aristophanes, Frogs)
  4. (chemistry) zinc oxide

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “πομφόλυξ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen[1] (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek πομφόλῠξ

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Noun

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πομφόλυξ (pomfólyxf (plural πομφόλυγες) (Katharevousa)

  1. (medicine, formal) blister

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