λέμφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée recognized that this is the same word as λάμπη (lámpē, “scum, foam”), which shows characteristic Pre-Greek variation.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λέμφος • (lémphos) m (genitive λέμφου); second declension

  1. mucous discharge from the nose, snot
    Synonyms: βλέννα (blénna), κόρυζα (kóruza), μύξα (múxa)
  2. (in the plural) putrescent carcasses

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ λέμφος; τοῦ λέμφου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ λέμφος
ho lémphos		 τὼ λέμφω
tṑ lémphō		 οἱ λέμφοι
hoi lémphoi
Genitive τοῦ λέμφου
toû lémphou		 τοῖν λέμφοιν
toîn lémphoin		 τῶν λέμφων
tôn lémphōn
Dative τῷ λέμφῳ
tôi lémphōi		 τοῖν λέμφοιν
toîn lémphoin		 τοῖς λέμφοις
toîs lémphois
Accusative τὸν λέμφον
tòn lémphon		 τὼ λέμφω
tṑ lémphō		 τοὺς λέμφους
toùs lémphous
Vocative λέμφε
lémphe		 λέμφω
lémphō		 λέμφοι
lémphoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • λεμφώδης (lemphṓdēs)

Further reading
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