Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυγαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυγαῖος πυγαῖη πυγαῖον

Structure: πυγαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pugh/

Sense

  1. of or on the rump, the rump

Examples

  • εἰ Γραφικοῦ πυγαῖα σανὶσ δέδαχ’ ἐν βαλανείῳ, ἄνθρωποσ τί πάθω; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 151)

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

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