σομφός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">spongy, porous</b>, σ. οἷον σπογγιά <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>2</span>; of pumice-stone, <span class="bibl">Alex.124.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ γλῶττα σὰρξ μανὴ καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>492b33</span>; freq. of the lungs, ib.<span class="bibl">496b3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Resp.</span>478a13</span>, al., cf. Clidem. ap. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sens.</span>38</span>; <b class="b3">σομφὴ σάρξ</b>, of fish, <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>14</span>; of ground, χώρα σ. καὶ ὕπαντρος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span> 366a25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">352b10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of sound, <b class="b2">unresonant</b>, <b class="b3">σομφὸν φθέγγεσθαι</b>, of persons with polypus in the nose, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.33</span>; <b class="b3">σομφὸν ἐμπνεύσας</b>, of a flute-player, blowing <b class="b2">thickly, huskily</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr. <span class="title">in Top.</span>329.28</span>; half-way between <b class="b3">λευκός</b> and <b class="b3">μέλας</b> in sounds, as <b class="b3">φαιός</b> is in colours, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>106b7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">σομφός, ὁ</b>,= <b class="b3">κολοκυνθίς</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>20.13</span>.</span>