gomphus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “peg, nail”).

Noun

gomphus m (genitive gomphī); second declension

  1. nail, dowel, peg

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gomphus gomphī
Genitive gomphī gomphōrum
Dative gomphō gomphīs
Accusative gomphum gomphōs
Ablative gomphō gomphīs
Vocative gomphe gomphī

Descendants
  • Galician: golfón
  • Old French: gonz, gons, gond
  • Portuguese: gonfo-

References
  • “gomphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gomphus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “gomphus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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