σομφός
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A spongy, porous, σ. οἷον σπογγιά Hp.Loc.Hom.2; of pumice-stone, Alex.124.10; ἡ γλῶττα σὰρξ μανὴ καὶ σ. Arist.HA492b33; freq. of the lungs, ib.496b3, Resp.478a13, al., cf. Clidem. ap. Thphr.Sens.38; σομφὴ σάρξ, of fish, Archestr.Fr.14; of ground, χώρα σ. καὶ ὕπαντρος Arist.Mete. 366a25, cf. 352b10. II metaph. of sound, unresonant, σομφὸν φθέγγεσθαι, of persons with polypus in the nose, Hp.Morb.2.33; σομφὸν ἐμπνεύσας, of a flute-player, blowing thickly, huskily, D.H. Comp.11, cf. Alex.Aphr. in Top.329.28; half-way between λευκός and μέλας in sounds, as φαιός is in colours, Arist.Top.106b7. III σομφός, ὁ,= κολοκυνθίς, Plin.HN20.13.
