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πυγμή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυγμή πυγμῆς

Structure: πυγμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: pu/c

Sense

  1. fist
  2. boxing
  3. cubit, a measure of length (the distance from the elbow to the knuckles)

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πυγμή πυγμᾱ́ πυγμαί
Genitive πυγμῆς πυγμαῖν πυγμῶν
Dative πυγμῇ πυγμαῖν πυγμαῖς
Accusative πυγμήν πυγμᾱ́ πυγμᾱ́ς
Vocative πυγμή πυγμᾱ́ πυγμαί

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

  • "καὶ τέλοσ εἰσ πυγμὰσ ἦλθεν ὁ σκληρὸσ ἐκεῖνοσ φιλόσοφοσ καὶ ἐν ἀρχῇ οὐδ’ ἂν παρακαθίσαι ἐπιτρέπων τῇ αὐλητρίδι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 86 1:15)
  • αἰνέσω πυγμᾶσ ἄποινα καὶ παρὰ Κασταλίᾳ, πατέρα τε Δαμάγητον ἁδόντα Δίκᾳ, Ἀσίασ εὐρυχόρου τρίπολιν νᾶσον πέλασ ἐμβόλῳ ναίοντασ Ἀργείᾳ σὺν αἰχμᾷ. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 7 6:1)
  • Δόρυκλοσ δ’ ἔφερε πυγμᾶσ τέλοσ, Τίρυνθα ναίων πόλιν· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 10 18:3)
  • οἱο͂ν ὁρῇσ, ὦ ξεῖνε, τὸ χάλκεον εἰκόνι λῆμα Κλειτομάχου, τοίαν Ἑλλὰσ ἐσεῖδε βίαν ἄρτι γὰρ αἱματόεντα χερῶν ἀπελύετο πυγμᾶσ ἔντεα, καὶ γοργῷ μάρνατο παγκρατίῳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5881)

Synonyms

  1. boxing

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