σαρκόμφαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) +‎ ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sar.kóm.pʰa.lon/ → /sarˈkom.ɸa.lon/ → /sarˈkom.fa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sar.kóm.pʰa.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sarˈkom.pʰa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sarˈkom.ɸa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sarˈkom.fa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sarˈkom.fa.lon/

Noun

σᾰρκόμφᾰλον • (sărkómphălon) n (genitive σᾰρκομφᾰ́λου); second declension

1. (anatomy) fleshy excrescence on the navel

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σᾰρκόμφᾰλον; τοῦ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σᾰρκόμφᾰλον tò sărkómphălon	τὼ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω tṑ sărkomphắlō	τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ tằ sărkómphălă
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λου toû sărkomphắlou	τοῖν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοιν toîn sărkomphắloin	τῶν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λων tôn sărkomphắlōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λῳ tôi sărkomphắlōi	τοῖν σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοιν toîn sărkomphắloin	τοῖς σᾰρκομφᾰ́λοις toîs sărkomphắlois
Accusative	τὸ σᾰρκόμφᾰλον tò sărkómphălon	τὼ σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω tṑ sărkomphắlō	τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ tằ sărkómphălă
Vocative	σᾰρκόμφᾰλον sărkómphălon	σᾰρκομφᾰ́λω sărkomphắlō	σᾰρκόμφᾰλᾰ sărkómphălă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σαρκόμφαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαρκόμφαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette