σομφός

English (LSJ)

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   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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 913] 1) schwammig, locker, porös; σάρξ, eines Fisches, Archestrat. bei Ath. VII, 316 a; Arist. partt. an. 3, 6. – 2) φωνὴ σομφή, eine dumpfe, hohle, heisere Stimme, in der Mitte zwischen λευκή u. μέλαινα stehend, also der Farbe φαιός entsprechend, Arist. top. 1, 13.