σομφός

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, blowing thickly, huskily, D.H. Comp. 11, cf. Alex.Aphr. in Top. 329.28; half-way between λευκός and μέλας in sounds, as φαιός is in colours, Arist. Top. 106b7.

III. σομφός,ὁ,= κολοκυνθίς, Plin. HN 20.13.