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|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">voice of a god, devine revelation, oracle, emblem</b> (Il.), [[voice]], [[speech]] in gen. (Pi., trag.).<br />Compounds: Few compp., e.g. <b class="b3">Όμφο-κλέϜης</b> m. Cyprian in Abydos, <b class="b3">εὔ-ομφα ὀνόματα</b> H.; enlarged in <b class="b3">παν-ομφ-αῖος</b> <b class="b2">having all ὀμφαι, saying everything</b>, surn. of Zeus (Θ 250, Simon., Orph.), also of <b class="b3">Ήέλιος</b> (Q. S.) and <b class="b3">Ἥρα</b> (EM), after the <b class="b3">σ-</b>stems transformed in <b class="b3">παν-ομφ-ής</b> (<b class="b3">ὄνειροι</b>, Orac. ap. Porph.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὀμφ-αῖος</b>, <b class="b3">-ήεις</b> [[predicting]] (Nonn.), <b class="b3">Όμφαίη</b> f. name of a goddess (Emp.), <b class="b3">ὀμφητήρ</b>, <b class="b3">-ῆρος</b> m. [[prognosticator]] (Tryph.; after <b class="b3">νικη-τήρ</b> : <b class="b3">νικάω</b> etc.). Cf. Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 134.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [906] <b class="b2">*sengʷ</b>ʰ- [[sing]]<br />Etymology: Archaic, in Greek isolated inherited word (cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 322), which shows cognates only in Germanic. Beside <b class="b3">ὀμφ-ή</b> from IE <b class="b2">*songʷʰ-ā́</b> stands e.g. Goth. [[saggws]] m. [[song]], music, lecture' from IE <b class="b2">*sóngʷʰ-o-s</b> (as <b class="b3">τομή</b> : <b class="b3">τόμος</b> etc.); the basic primary verb is retained only in Germ., e.g. Goth. [[siggwan]] [[singen]], lecture' IE <b class="b2">*sengʷʰ-</b>. Older lit. in Bq and WP. 2, 496; s. also Bechtel Lex. s. v. (The proposed Prakr. cognate is also explained diff. (s. Pok.); then only Germanic remains to show the IE character.<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b3">πνοή</b>. <b class="b3">ὀμφά ὀσμή</b>. <b class="b3">Λάκωνες</b> H.<br />Compounds: As 2. member in <b class="b3">εὔ-ομφος</b> = <b class="b3">εὔοσμος</b> (Arcad. after Timachidas ap. Ath.; codd. <b class="b3">-φαλον</b>). Verb <b class="b3">ποτ-όμφει προσόζει</b> H.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Cannot belong to the group of <b class="b3">νέφος</b>, [[νεφέλη]] as this word had no initial laryngeal. (Thus Frisk Eranos 40, 84f.) -- Diff. Lagercrantz KZ 35, 278 f. (s. Bq); to be rejected (s. Frisk l.c. w. lit.).

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