Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νυγμή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυγμή

Structure: νυγμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: nu/ssw

Sense

  1. a pricking, puncture

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

  • ἡ δ’ ὄψισ αὕτη τὸ θάρσοσ αὔξουσα καὶ παρακαλοῦσα τὴν ὁρμὴν ἐποίει φιλοπαράβολον καὶ πρόθυμον ἐπὶ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ, ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ θεάμασι πολυτέλεια τρυφὴν ἐπάγεται καὶ μαλακίαν ἐνδίδωσι τοῖσ χρωμένοισ, ὥσπερ ὑπὸ νυγμῶν καὶ γαργαλισμῶν τῆσ αἰσθήσεωσ συνεπικλώσησ τὴν διάνοιαν, ἡ δ’ εἰσ τὰ τοιαῦτα ῥώννυσι καὶ μεγαλύνει τὸν θυμόν, ὥσπερ Ὅμηροσ ἐποίησε τὸν Ἀχιλλέα τῶν καινῶν ὅπλων παρατεθέντων ἐγγὺσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ὄψεωσ οἱο͂ν ὀργῶντα καὶ φλεγόμενον πρὸσ τὴν δι’ αὐτῶν ἐνέργειαν. (Plutarch, Philopoemen, chapter 9 6:1)

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION