πυγμή
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πυγμή
πυγμῆς
Structure:
πυγμ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- fist
- boxing
- 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.
- ἐὰν δὲ λοιδορῶνται δύο ἄνδρεσ καὶ πατάξῃ τισ τὸν πλησίον λίθῳ ἢ πυγμῇ, καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ, κατακλιθῇ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:18)
- εἰ εἰσ κρίσεισ καὶ μάχασ νηστεύετε καὶ τύπτετε πυγμαῖσ ταπεινόν, ἱνατί μοι νηστεύετε ὡσ σήμερον, ἀκουσθῆναι ἐν κραυγῇ τὴν φωνὴν ὑμῶν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 58:4)
- καὶ ἄλλα δὲ ἡμῖν ἐστι γυμνάσια τοιαῦτα πυγμῆσ καὶ δίσκου καὶ τοῦ ὑπεράλλεσθαι, ὧν ἁπάντων ἀγῶνασ προτίθεμεν, καὶ ὁ κρατήσασ ἄριστοσ εἶναι δοκεῖ τῶν καθ’ αὑτὸν καὶ ἀναιρεῖται τὰ ἆθλα. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 8:1)
- πυγμαί τ’ ἦσαν ἐγκροτούμεναι, καὶ κῶλ’ ἀπ’ ἀμφοῖν τοῖν νεανίαιν ἅμα ἐσ πλευρὰ καὶ πρὸσ ἧπαρ ἠκοντίζετο, ὡσ τῷ ξυνάπτειν καὶ συναποκαμεῖν μέλη. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 5:4)
- εἶτα τῇ πυγμῇ θενὼν ὁ πρεσβύτεροσ κατέβαλε τὸν νεώτερον. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode, lyric 2:38)
- πυγμὴ δὲ ἴση ἐγένετο Ἀρείου τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου, ὃσ ἐν Κορίνθῳ τέθαπται, καὶ Ἐπειοῦ ἀλλήλοισ συνελθόντων. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 22:5)
- οἱ δὲ ἔθεσαν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ τὸν τῶν Νεμέων ἀγῶνα, καὶ ἵππῳ μὲν ἐνίκησεν Ἄδραστοσ, σταδίῳ δὲ Ἐτέοκλοσ, πυγμῇ Τυδεύσ, ἅλματι καὶ δίσκῳ Ἀμφιάραοσ, ἀκοντίῳ Λαόδοκοσ, πάλῃ Πολυνείκησ, τόξῳ Παρθενοπαῖοσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 6 4:9)
- καὶ θάψασ Πάτροκλον ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἀγῶνα τίθησιν, ἐν ᾧ νικᾷ ἵπποισ Διομήδησ, Ἐπειὸσ πυγμῇ, Αἰάσ καὶ Ὀδυσσεὺσ πάλῃ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 4 10:6)
