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πυγή?

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration: pygē

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

  • τὸ γὰρ τῆς φύσεως τοῦτο πλάσμα καὶ δημιούργημα, ὁ τοῦ Πολυκλείτου κανών, ἐπεὶ εἰς ἄνδρας τελεῖν ἤρξατο, ἐν Ἀρμενίᾳ μοιχεύων ἁλοὺς μάλα πολλὰς πληγὰς ἔλαβεν καὶ τέλος κατὰ τοῦ τέγους ἁλόμενος διέφυγε, ῥαφανῖδι τὴν πυγὴν βεβυσμένος. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:4)
  • "τὸ δὲ οἴμοι τῶν κακῶν πολλάκις, καὶ ὁ μηρὸς πατασσέσθω, καὶ λαρύγγιζε καὶ ἐπιχρέμπτου τοῖς λεγομένοις καὶ βάδιζε μεταφέρων τὴν πυγήν. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:37)
  • καλό γε τὸ πυγή. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode24)
  • τούτῳ μὲν εἶπον ἐς κυνὸς πυγὴν ὁρᾶν. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Prologue 7:14)
  • φίλον, ἀλλ ἐν τῷ σῷ βούλομαι κόλπῳ πληκτίζεσθαι μετὰ τῆς σῆς πυγῆς. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 13)
  • ἀλλὰ φύλαξαι, μή σε καὶ ἡ πυγὴ ταὐτὸ παθοῦσα λάθῃ: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 302)
  • ἀλλὰ πάλιν στρέψας ῥοδοειδέι τέρπεο πυγῇ, τὴν ἄλοχον νομίσας ἀρσενόπαιδα Κύπριν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 54 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. rump

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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