ὑδρόμφαλον

ὑδρόμφαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter of ὑδρόμφᾰλος (hudrómphalos, “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 • (hudrómphalon) 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 hudrómphalon	τὼ ὑδρομφᾰ́λω tṑ hudromphálō	τᾰ̀ ὑδρόμφᾰλᾰ tà hudrómphala
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδρομφᾰ́λου toû hudromphálou	τοῖν ὑδρομφᾰ́λοιν toîn hudrompháloin	τῶν ὑδρομφᾰ́λων tôn hudromphálōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδρομφᾰ́λῳ tôi hudromphálōi	ὑδρομφᾰ́λοιν hudrompháloin	τοῖς ὑδρομφᾰ́λοις toîs hudromphálois
Accusative	τὸ ὑδρόμφᾰλον tò hudrómphalon	ὑδρομφᾰ́λω hudromphálō	τᾰ̀ ὑδρόμφᾰλᾰ tà hudrómphala
Vocative	ὑδρόμφᾰλον hudrómphalon	ὑδρομφᾰ́λω hudromphálō	ὑδρόμφᾰλᾰ hudrómphala
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