σομφ-ός,ή,όν,
A. spongy, porous, ς. οἷον σπογγιά
Hp. Loc.Hom. 2
; of pumice-stone, Alex. 124.10 ;ἡ γλῶττα σὰρξ μανὴ καὶ ς. Arist. HA 492b33 ; freq. of the lungs, ib. 496b3 , Resp. 478a13 , al., cf. Clidem. ap. Thphr. Sens. 38 ;σομφὴ σάρξ, of fish, Archestr. Fr. 14 ; of ground, χώρα ς. καὶ ὕπαντρος
Arist. Mete. 366a25
, cf. 352b10 .
II. metaph. of sound,unresonant,σομφὸν φθέγγεσθαι, of persons with polypus in the nose, Hp. Morb. 2.33 ;σομφὸν ἐμπνεύσας, of a flute-player, blowingthickly, huskily, D.H. Comp. 11 , cf. Alex.Aphr. in Top. 329.28 ; half-way betweenλευκόςandμέλαςin sounds, asφαιόςis in colours, Arist. Top. 106b7 .
III. σομφός,ὁ ,=κολοκυνθίς, Plin. HN 20.13 .