πομφολυγοπάφλασμα

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 26 May 2019

Etymology

Compound made up by Aristophanes from πομφόλῠξ (pomphólux, “bubble”) +‎ πάφλασμα (páphlasma, “a boiling of water of the sea, blustering”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pom.pʰo.ly.ɡo.pá.pʰlaz.ma/ → /pom.ɸo.ly.ɣoˈpa.ɸlaz.ma/ → /pom.fo.li.ɣoˈpa.flaz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pom.pʰo.ly.ɡo.pá.pʰlaz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pom.pʰo.ly.ɡoˈpa.pʰlaz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pom.ɸo.ly.ɣoˈpa.ɸlaz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pom.fo.ly.ɣoˈpa.flaz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pom.fo.li.ɣoˈpa.flaz.ma/

Noun

πομφολῠγοπᾰ́φλᾰσμᾰ • (pompholugopáphlasma) n (genitive πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. the sound of bubbles rising to the surface
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 246:

     ἢ Διὸς φεύγοντες ὄμβρον
     ἔνυδρον ἐν βυθῷ χορείαν
     αἰόλαν ἐφθεγξάμεσθα
     πομφολυγοπαφλάσμασιν

     ḕ Diòs pheúgontes ómbron
     énudron en buthôi khoreían
     aiólan ephthenxámestha
     pompholugopaphlásmasin

     • Translation by Matthew Dillon. Scene: The Frogs insist on singing under sunshine or rain

       or fleeing Zeus' rain
       at the bottom our watery dance—
       song we sang
       with bubbles and splashes.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πομφολῠγοπᾰ́φλᾰσμᾰ; τοῦ πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πομφολῠγοπᾰ́φλᾰσμᾰ tò pompholugopáphlasma	τὼ πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ pompholugopaphlásmate	τᾰ̀ πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà pompholugopaphlásmata
Genitive	τοῦ πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτος toû pompholugopaphlásmatos	τοῖν πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn pompholugopaphlasmátoin	τῶν πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰσμᾰ́των tôn pompholugopaphlasmátōn
Dative	τῷ πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi pompholugopaphlásmati	τοῖν πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn pompholugopaphlasmátoin	τοῖς πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs pompholugopaphlásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πομφολῠγοπᾰ́φλᾰσμᾰ tò pompholugopáphlasma	τὼ πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ pompholugopaphlásmate	τᾰ̀ πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà pompholugopaphlásmata
Vocative	πομφολῠγοπᾰ́φλᾰσμᾰ pompholugopáphlasma	πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτε pompholugopaphlásmate	πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ pompholugopaphlásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πομφός m (pomphós, “blister”)
• πομφόλῠξ f (pomphólux, “bubble”)
• παφλάζω (paphlázō, “to gust”)

Further reading

• “πομφολυγοπάφλασμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πομφολυγοπάφλασμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers