Gomphi

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γόμφοι (Gómphoi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡom.pʰiː/, [ˈɡɔmpʰiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡom.fi/, [ˈɡɔmfi]

Proper noun

Gomphī m pl (genitive Gomphōrum); second declension

1. A town of Thessaly situated on a tributary of the Peneus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Gomphī
Genitive	Gomphōrum
Dative	Gomphīs
Accusative	Gomphōs
Ablative	Gomphīs
Vocative	Gomphī
Locative	Gomphīs

Derived terms

• Gomphēnsēs

References

• “Gomphi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Gomphi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Gomphi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly