Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυγμαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυγμαῖος πυγμαῖη πυγμαῖον

Structure: πυγμαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pugmh/ II

Sense

  1. a, long or tall, dwarfish, the Pygmies

Examples

  • μειωτικῶσ δέ, ὡσ ὁ Πυγμαῖοσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 53:4)

Related

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

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