σαρκόμφαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) +‎ ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sar.kóm.pʰa.lon/ → /sarˈkom.ɸa.lon/ → /sarˈkom.fa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sar.kóm.pʰa.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sarˈkom.pʰa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sarˈkom.ɸa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sarˈkom.fa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sarˈkom.fa.lon/

Noun

σᾰρκόμφᾰλον • (sarkómphalon) n (genitive σᾰρκομφᾰ́λου); second declension

1. (anatomy) fleshy excrescence on the navel

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σᾰρκόμφᾰλον; τοῦ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σᾰρκόμφᾰλον tò sarkómphalon	τὼ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω tṑ sarkomphálō	τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ tà sarkómphala
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λου toû sarkomphálou	τοῖν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοιν toîn sarkompháloin	τῶν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λων tôn sarkomphálōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λῳ tôi sarkomphálōi	τοῖν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοιν toîn sarkompháloin	τοῖς σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοις toîs sarkomphálois
Accusative	τὸ σᾰρκόμφᾰλον tò sarkómphalon	τὼ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω tṑ sarkomphálō	τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ tà sarkómphala
Vocative	σᾰρκόμφᾰλον sarkómphalon	σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω sarkomphálō	σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ sarkómphala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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