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ἄμυγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμυγμα

Structure: ἀμυγματ (Stem)

Etym.: a)mu/ssw

Sense

  1. a scratching, tearing

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦ που παλαιᾷ μὲν σύντροφοσ ἁμέρᾳ, λευκῷ δὲ γήρᾳ μάτηρ νιν ὅταν νοσοῦντα φρενομόρωσ ἀκούσῃ, αἴλινον αἴλινον οὐδ’ οἰκτρᾶσ γόον ὄρνιθοσ ἀηδοῦσ ἥσει δύσμοροσ, ἀλλ’ ὀξυτόνουσ μὲν ᾠδὰσ θρηνήσει, χερόπλακτοι δ’ ἐν στέρνοισι πεσοῦνται δοῦποι καὶ πολιᾶσ ἄμυγμα χαίτασ. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. a scratching

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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