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πυγή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυγή πυγῆς

Structure: πυγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. rump, buttocks
  2. (figuratively) fat, swelling land

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

  • "τρίτη ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἀποδημία εἰσ Αἴγυπτον παρὰ τὸν Ἀγαθόβουλον, ἵναπερ τὴν θαυμαστὴν ἄσκησιν διησκεῖτο, ξυρόμενοσ μὲν τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τὸ ἥμισυ, χριόμενοσ δὲ πηλῷ τὸ πρόσωπον, ἐν πολλῷ δὲ τῶν περιεστώτων δήμῳ ἀναφλῶν τὸ αἰδοῖον καὶ τὸ ἀδιάφορον δὴ τοῦτο καλούμενον ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ, εἶτα παίων καὶ παιόμενοσ νάρθηκι εἰσ τὰσ πυγὰσ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ νεανικώτερα θαυματοποιῶν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:39)
  • ἤδη δὲ καὶ πληγὰσ αὐτῷ ἐνέτεινα ἐσ τὰσ πυγὰσ τῷ σανδάλῳ· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:2)
  • ἐμοὶ γὰρ πῶσ, κέρατα ἔχων καὶ ῥῖνα τοιαύτην καὶ πώγωνα λάσιον καὶ σκέλη διχαλὰ καὶ τραγικὰ καὶ οὐρὰν ὑπὲρ τὰσ πυγάσ; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:9)
  • "ἐπεὶ σανδάλῳ γε χρυσῷ εἰσ τὰσ πυγὰσ ὥσπερ τὰ παιδία παίεσθαι ἄξιοι ἂν εἰε͂ν οἱ ἀπιστοῦντεσ καὶ οὕτωσ ἀναισχυντοῦντεσ πρὸσ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:52)
  • εἶτ’ αὖ λαλιὰν ἐπιτηδεῦσαι καὶ στωμυλίαν ἐδίδαξασ, ἣ ’ξεκένωσεν τάσ τε παλαίστρασ καὶ τὰσ πυγὰσ ἐνέτριψεν τῶν μειρακίων στωμυλλομένων, καὶ τοὺσ Παράλουσ ἀνέπεισεν ἀνταγορεύειν τοῖσ ἄρχουσιν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antepirrheme 1:24)

Synonyms

  1. rump

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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