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.
- 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)
- ἀρξαμένουσ δὲ βώλοισ ἀκροβολίζεσθαι πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, εἶτα πυγμαῖσ, τέλοσ ἐκκεκαῦσθαι τῇ φιλονεικίᾳ καὶ μέχρι λίθων καὶ ξύλων, πολλοὺσ καὶ δυσκαταπαύστουσ γεγονότασ. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 31 2:1)
- καταλαβὼν δὲ Μινώταυρονἐν ἐσχάτῳ μέρει τοῦ λαβυρίνθου παίων πυγμαῖσ ἀπέκτεινεν, ἐφελκόμενοσ δὲ τὸ λίνον πάλιν ἐξῄει. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 13:3)
- ἔνθα δ’ ἀνὴρ ὑπέροπλοσ ἐνήμενοσ ἐνδιάασκε, δεινὸσ ἰδεῖν, σκληραῖσι τεθλασμένοσ οὐάτα πυγμαῖσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 21)
- τόν τε γὰρ πρῶτον προσελθόντα τῶν ῥαβδούχων παίων εἰσ τὸ πρόσωπον ἐναντίαισ πυγμαῖσ νεανίασ καὶ ἐρρωμένοσ ἀνὴρ ἀνατρέπει καὶ τὸν ἐπὶ τούτῳ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 39 4:1)
