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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

  • 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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