πομφολυγοπάφλασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound made up by Aristophanes from πομφόλῠξ (pomphólŭx, bubble) + πάφλασμα (páphlasma, a boiling of water of the sea, blustering)Category:Ancient Greek compound terms#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑ.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πομφολῠγοπᾰ́φλᾰσμᾰ (pompholŭgopắphlăsmă) n (genitive πομφολῠγοπᾰφλᾰ́σμᾰτος)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Ancient Greek third-declension nouns#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Pages with entries#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΓΟΠΑΦΛΑΣΜΑ; third declension

  1. the sound of bubbles rising to the surface
    • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 246:
      ἢ Διὸς φεύγοντες ὄμβρον
      ἔνυδρον ἐν βυθῷ χορείαν
      αἰόλαν ἐφθεγξάμεσθα
      πομφολυγοπαφλάσμασιν
      ḕ Diòs pheúgontes ómbron
      énudron en buthōî khoreían
      aiólan ephthenxámestha
      pompholugopaphlásmasin
      • Translation by Matthew Dillon. Scene: The Frogs insist on singing under sunshine or rain
        or fleeing Zeus' rain
        at the bottom our watery dance—
        song we sang
        with bubbles and splashes.
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