Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυκτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυκτικός πυκτική πυκτικόν

Structure: πυκτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. skilled in boxing, the art of boxing
  2. of or for boxers

Examples

  • μέμνησαι οὖν λέγων ὀλίγῳ πρότερον ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τοῖσ παιδοτρίβαισ ἐγκαλεῖν οὐδ’ ἐκβάλλειν ἐκ τῶν πόλεων, ἐὰν ὁ πύκτησ τῇ πυκτικῇ χρῆταί τε καὶ ἀδίκωσ χρῆται καὶ ἀδικῇ, ὡσαύτωσ δὲ οὕτωσ καὶ ἐὰν ὁ ῥήτωρ τῇ ῥητορικῇ ἀδίκωσ χρῆται, μὴ τῷ διδάξαντι ἐγκαλεῖν μηδ’ ἐξελαύνειν ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀδικοῦντι καὶ οὐκ ὀρθῶσ χρωμένῳ τῇ ῥητορικῇ; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 81:9)
  • ἆρ’ οὐχ ὁ πατάξαι δεινότατοσ ἐν μάχῃ εἴτε πυκτικῇ εἴτε τινὶ καὶ ἄλλῃ, οὗτοσ καὶ φυλάξασθαι; (Plato, Republic, book 1 145:3)

Synonyms

  1. skilled in boxing

Related

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

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