ή, όν :
      1 spongieux, poreux, HPC. 408, 42 ; ARSTT. H.A. 1, 11, 12 ; en parl. de la chair de certains poissons, ARCHESTR. (ATH. 316 a) ;
      2 creux, sourd, en parl. du son ou de la voix, HPC. 471, 43.

ή, όν, 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. 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.

ὁ, = κολοκυνθίς, Plin. HN 20.13.

1) schwammig, locker, porös ; σάρξ, eines Fisches, Archestrat. bei Ath. VII.316a ; Arist. part.anim. 3.6.
2) φωνὴ σομφή, eine dumpfe, hohle, heisere Stimme, in der Mitte zwischen λευκή u. μέλαινα stehend, also der Farbe φαιός entsprechend, Arist. top. 1.13.