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γόμφος

gomphos

tooth

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Metaphysics 2 · 0.25/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. γόμφος · gomphos — Beekes

γόμφος [m.] ’peg, bolt, nail’ (Od.); also a fish name (gloss.; Stromberg 1943: 36), ‘tooth’ (H.). 41Ὲ *Zemb"- ‘bite’, gomb"o- ‘cutting tooth’> *DER yougiog (ὀδών) ‘molar’ (IA), γομφίτης ‘kind of styrax’ (Aét.), γομφάριον fish name (sch.). Denominative γομφόομαι, -dw ‘to fasten with bolt or nails’ (A.) with γόμφωσις (Gal.), γόμφωμα “framework, peg’ (Plu.); γομφωτήρ ‘shipbuilder’ (AP), γομφωτήριον ‘tenon’ (Delos 1115) … — [Beekes, s.v. γόμφος, p. 329]

2. γόμφος · gomphos — Chantraine

γόμφος : :Σ m. « cheville », dans la construction d'un navire (Od.), d'une chartue {Hés.), etc., le mot est usuel en ionien-attique ; sert ausëi de nom de poisson = χεστρεύς «mulet gris (Gloss), d'éprès sa forme (Strümberg, Pischnamen 36) ; enfin, entre autres sens de γόμφοι Hsch. donne ὀδόντες (ct. plus loin). ᾿ Composés de γόμφος : γομφάδετξος (Æsch.), γομφοπαγής (Ar.), γομφαλγία (Dsc.). Verbe dénominatif … — [Chantraine, s.v. γόμφος, p. 246]

3. γόμφος · gomphos — Frisk

γόμφος m. “(hölzerner) Pflock, Nagel’ (seit Od.), auch als Fischname (Gloss.; nach der Gestalt, Strömberg Fischnamen 36), ‘Zahn’ (H.). — Davon youplos (ἀδών) "Backenzahn’ (ion. att.), γομφίτης "Art Styrax’ (Aöt. u.a.; Redard Les noms grecs en -tns 70), γομφάριον Fischname (Sch. ; vgl. γόμφος). — Denominative Verba. Von γόμφος : γομφόομαι, -όω "mit Pflöcken befestigt werden bzw. befestigen, bes. von Schiffen’ (A., … — [Frisk, s.v. γόμφος, p. 351]

4. γόμφος · gomphos — LSJ

bolt, dowel, bond, fastening, cross-ribs, bonds, determined

bolt, for ship-building, Od. 5.248; for other uses, Hes. Op. 431, A. Th. 542; dowel, SIG 246ii40 (Delph., iv B. C.); γόμφοις καὶ περόνῃσιν ἀρηρότε Parm. 1.20; γόμφῳ ἢ κόλλῃ ἢ ἁφῇ Arist. Ph. 227a17, cf. Metaph. 1052a24: generally, bond, fastening, as of the cross-ribs of Egyptian canoes, Hdt. 2.96; of the ankle-joint, Arist. PA 654b21; of the in visible bonds uniting the partieles of the body, Pl. Ti. 43a: metaph., γ. κατάστοργοι, of love, Emp. 87; τῶνδʼ ἐφήλωται . . γόμφος διαμπάξ these things a

2 instrument for cautery

instrument for cautery, Hippiatr. 97.

= γόμφιος, Hsch.

II sea-fish

sea-fish, = γομφάριον, Gloss. (Cf.Skt. jámbhas ‘tooth’, Lith. žaṁbas ‘edge of a beam’, etc.)

In the wild

γόμφοις · gomphois Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 539–544
γόμφος · gomphos Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 944–945
γόμφῳ · gomphōi Aristotle, Metaphysics book 10 (DIORISIS sentence 2549)
γόμφῳ · gomphōi Aristotle, Metaphysics book 8 (DIORISIS sentence 2150)
γόμφους · gomphous Herodotus, Histories 2.96.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2206)
γόμφοισιν · gomphoisin Works and Days 429–431

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γόμφος (scan pp. 329-330; entry #1479).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γόμφος (scan p. 246; entry #1702).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γόμφος (scan pp. 351-352; entry #1338).

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