ὑδρόμφαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter of ὑδρόμφᾰλος (hudrómphălos, “suffering from umbilical hernia”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dróm.pʰa.lon/ → /yˈðrom.ɸa.lon/ → /iˈðrom.fa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dróm.pʰa.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈdrom.pʰa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈðrom.ɸa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈðrom.fa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈðrom.fa.lon/

Noun

ὑδρόμφᾰλον • (hudrómphălon) n (genitive ὑδρομφᾰ́λου); second declension

1. (pathology) umbilical hernia, supposed to be due to fluid

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑδρόμφᾰλον; τοῦ ὑδρομφᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑδρόμφᾰλον tò hudrómphălon	τὼ ὑδρομφᾰ́λω tṑ hudromphắlō	τᾰ̀ ὑδρόμφᾰλᾰ tằ hudrómphălă
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδρομφᾰ́λου toû hudromphắlou	τοῖν ὑδρομφᾰ́λοιν toîn hudromphắloin	τῶν ὑδρομφᾰ́λων tôn hudromphắlōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδρομφᾰ́λῳ tôi hudromphắlōi	τοῖν ὑδρομφᾰ́λοιν toîn hudromphắloin	τοῖς ὑδρομφᾰ́λοις toîs hudromphắlois
Accusative	τὸ ὑδρόμφᾰλον tò hudrómphălon	τὼ ὑδρομφᾰ́λω tṑ hudromphắlō	τᾰ̀ ὑδρόμφᾰλᾰ tằ hudrómphălă
Vocative	ὑδρόμφᾰλον hudrómphălon	ὑδρομφᾰ́λω hudromphắlō	ὑδρόμφᾰλᾰ hudrómphălă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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