πομφόλυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῠγος, ἡ (ὁ, ἡ, acc. to Gal.13.639): (πομφός):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bubble]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>7.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>66b</span>, <span class="bibl">83d</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>15</span>, etc.; [[πομφόλυγες]] are the constituent parts of [[ἀφρός]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>735b12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[boss of a shield]], = [[ὀμφαλός]], Hsch.; as architectural ornament, <span class="title">IG</span>12.373.254 (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[ornament for the head]] worn by women, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>320.13</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1524.50. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[zinc oxide]], Dsc.5.75, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.7.17</span>.</span>

|elnltext=πομφόλυξ -υγος, ἡ [πομφός] waterbelletje.