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|Definition=σομφή, σομφόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[spongy]], [[porous]], σ. οἷον σπογγιά Hp.''Loc.Hom.''2; of pumice-stone, Alex.124.10; <b class="b3">ἡ γλῶττα σὰρξ μανὴ καὶ σ.</b> [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''492b33; freq. of the lungs, ib.496b3, ''Resp.''478a13, al., cf. Clidem. ap. [[Theophrastus]] ''Sens.''38; <b class="b3">σομφὴ σάρξ</b>, of fish, Archestr.''Fr.''14; of ground, χώρα σ. καὶ ὕπαντρος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]'' 366a25, cf. 352b10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of sound, [[unresonant]], <b class="b3">σομφὸν φθέγγεσθαι</b>, of persons with polypus in the nose, Hp.''Morb.''2.33; <b class="b3">σομφὸν ἐμπνεύσας</b>, of a flute-player, blowing [[thickly]], [[huskily]], [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|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.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[σομφός]], ὁ, = [[κολοκυνθίς]], Plin.''HN''20.13.