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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

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

  • παραγενόμενοσ οὖν καὶ τότε ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀργὼ τὸν ἄριστον αὐτῶν εἰσ πυγμὴν προεκαλεῖτο. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 20:3)
  • τῶν δὲ ἐκ Λήδασ γενομένων παίδων Κάστωρ μὲν ἤσκει τὰ κατὰ πόλεμον, Πολυδεύκησ δὲ πυγμήν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ἀνδρείαν ἐκλήθησαν ἀμφότεροι Διόσκουροι. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 11 2:1)
  • ἔτι δὲ κρίνων τοὺσ μὲν τὰ δρομικὰ γυμναζομένουσ οὐδὲν πρὸσ ἀνδρείαν οὐδ’ εὐψυχίαν ἐπιδιδόναι, τοὺσ δὲ τὴν πυγμὴν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτ’ ἀσκήσαντασ πρὸσ τῷ σώματι καὶ τὴν γνώμην διαφθείρεσθαι, τὸ σεμνότατον καὶ κάλλιστον τῶν ἀγωνισμάτων καὶ μάλιστα πρὸσ τὴν σεαυτοῦ φύσιν ἁρμόττον ἐξελέξω, τῇ μὲν συνηθείᾳ τῶν ὅπλων καὶ τῇ τῶν δρόμων φιλοπονίᾳ τοῖσ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ συμβαίνουσιν ὡμοιωμένον, τῇ δὲ μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ καὶ τῇ σεμνότητι τῆσ παρασκευῆσ πρὸσ τὴν τῶν θεῶν δύναμιν εἰκασμένον, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ἡδίστην μὲν θέαν ἔχον, ἐκ πλείστων δὲ καὶ παντο‐ δαπῶν συγκείμενον, μεγίστων δ’ ἄθλων ἠξιωμένον· (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 29:1)
  • πυγμὴν δὲ καὶ παγκράτιον ἀγωνίζεσθαι ἐκώλυσεν, ἵνα μηδὲ παίζοντεσ ἀπαυδᾶν ἐθίζωνται. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 41)
  • πυγμὴν δὲ καὶ παγκράτιον ἀγωνίζεσθαι ἐκώλυσεν, ἵνα μηδὲ παίζοντεσ ἀπαυδᾶν ἐθίζωνται. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 41)

Synonyms

  1. boxing

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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