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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

German (Pape)

[Seite 507] άδος, u. γρομφίς, ίδος, ἡ, Mutterschwein, Sau, VLL.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

γρομφάς: -άδος, ἡ, ἢ γρομφίς, ίδος, ἡ, Λατ. scrofa, γουροῦνα, Ἱππῶναξ 48· πρβλ. Ἡσύχ. καὶ Σουΐδ. (Πιθαν. ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης ἐξ ἧς καὶ τὸ γράφω (Δωρ. γρόφω), ὀρύττω, πρβλ. Λατ. scrobs).

Spanish (DGE)

-άδος, ἡ cerda vieja Hsch., Gloss.3.18, cf. γρόμφις.

Greek Monolingual

γρομφάς (-άδος) και γρόμφις (-ιος), η (Α)
η γουρούνα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αβέβαιης ετυμολ. Πρόκειται πιθ. για εκφραστικούς μεταρρηματικούς τύπους].

Frisk Etymological English

-άδος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: ὗς παλαιά, σκρόφα H.
Other forms: γρόμφις, -ιος f. (Hippon., H.), γρόμφαινα f.
Derivatives: γρομφάζω grunt (Gloss.).
Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]
Etymology: Onomatop. words. Cf. γρύζω, and στομφάζω speak loudly. - Is Lat. scrōfa sow a loan from Greek (note the absence of the nasal\/prenasalization)?