Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμυχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμυχή

Structure: ἀμυχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)mu/ssw

Sense

  1. a scratch, skin-wound

Declension

First 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

  • κἀκεῖνο μᾶλλον, ὅταν, ὥσπερ αἱ μυῖαι τῶν λείων τόπων ἐν τοῖσ κατόπτροισ ἀπολισθάνουσι ταῖσ δὲ τραχύτησι προσέχονται καὶ ταῖσ ἀμυχαῖσ, οὕτωσ ἄνθρωποι τῶν ἱλαρῶν καὶ προσηνῶν ἀπορρέοντεσ ἐμπλέκωνται ταῖσ τῶν ἀηδῶν ἀναμνήσεσι· (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 152)
  • ἦν δὲ ὁ Πύρροσ τῇ μὲν ἰδέᾳ τοῦ προσώπου φοβερώτερον ἔχων ἢ σεμνότερον τὸ βασιλικόν, πολλοὺσ δὲ ὀδόντασ οὐκ εἶχεν, ἀλλ’ ἓν ὀστέον συνεχὲσ ἦν ἄνωθεν, οἱο͂ν λεπταῖσ ἀμυχαῖσ τὰσ διαφυὰσ ὑπογεγραμμένον τῶν ὀδόντων. (Plutarch, chapter 3 4:1)

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

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