pompholyx

English

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“a bubble; the slag on the surface of smelted ore”).

Noun

pompholyx (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) dyshidrosis
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pompholyx in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpom.pʰo.lyks/, [ˈpɔmpʰɔlʲʏks̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpom.fo.liks/, [ˈpɔmfoliks]

Noun

pompholyx f (genitive pompholygis); third declension

  1. A substance deposited from the smoke of smelting furnaces

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pompholyx pompholygēs
Genitive pompholygis pompholygum
Dative pompholygī pompholygibus
Accusative pompholygem pompholygēs
Ablative pompholyge pompholygibus
Vocative pompholyx pompholygēs

References
  • “pompholyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pompholyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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