Ancient Greek

Noun

γόμφος • ‎(gómphos) m ‎(genitive γόμφου); second declension

1. nail, peg, bolt
2. bond, fastener

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: γόμφος ‎(gómfos)
• Latin: gomphus

References

• γόμφος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γόμφος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γόμφος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «γόμφος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «γόμφος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «γόμφος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• «γόμφος» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bolt idem, page 88.
  • clamp idem, page 134.
  • nail idem, page 550.
  • rivet idem, page 718.
  • stud idem, page 828.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γόμφος ‎(gómphos), from Proto-Hellenic *gómpʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Noun

γόμφος • ‎(gómfos) m ‎(plural γόμφοι)

1. peg (fastener)

Declension

Related terms

• γομφίος m ‎(gomfíos, “molar tooth”)