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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

  • φίλον, ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ σῷ βούλομαι κόλπῳ πληκτίζεσθαι μετὰ τῆσ σῆσ πυγῆσ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 13)
  • ἡ παῖσ λέλουται καὶ τὰ τῆσ πυγῆσ καλά· (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, iambics1)
  • ἐγὼ δέ γ’ ἐξέλξω σε τῆσ πυγῆσ θύραζε κύβδα. (Aristotle, Agon, epirrheme32)
  • ὧν ἀπὸ μὲν πυγῆσ Εὐφρὼ τάδε, ταῦτα δὲ Κλειὼ ὡσ θέμισ, ἡ τριτάτη δ’ Ἀτθὶσ ἀπ’ οὐρανίων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 172)

Synonyms

  1. rump

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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