- ὀμφή 1
- ὀμφή 1.Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `voice of a god, devine revelation, oracle, emblem' (Il.), `voice, speech' in gen. (Pi., trag.).Compounds: Few compp., e.g. Όμφο-κλέϜης m. Cyprian in Abydos, εὔ-ομφα ὀνόματα H.; enlarged in παν-ομφ-αῖος `having all ὀμφαι, saying everything', surn. of Zeus (Θ 250, Simon., Orph.), also of Ήέλιος (Q. S.) and Ἥρα (EM), after the σ-stems transformed in παν-ομφ-ής (ὄνειροι, Orac. ap. Porph.).Derivatives: ὀμφ-αῖος, -ήεις `predicting' (Nonn.), Όμφαίη f. name of a goddess (Emp.), ὀμφητήρ, -ῆρος m. `prognosticator' (Tryph.; after νικη-τήρ : νικάω etc.). Cf. Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 134.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [906] *sengʷʰ- `sing'Etymology: Archaic, in Greek isolated inherited word (cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 322), which shows cognates only in Germanic. Beside ὀμφ-ή from IE *songʷʰ-ā́ stands e.g. Goth. saggws m. 'song, music, lecture' from IE *sóngʷʰ-o-s (as τομή : τόμος etc.); the basic primary verb is retained only in Germ., e.g. Goth. siggwan 'singen, lecture' IE *sengʷʰ-. Older lit. in Bq and WP. 2, 496; s. also Bechtel Lex. s. v. (The proposed Prakr. cognate is also explained diff. (s. Pok.); then only Germanic remains to show the IE character.Page in Frisk: 2,392-393
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.