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

  • ἀλλὰ καὶ Μειδίου κονδυλίσαντοσ αὐτὸν καὶ εἰπόντοσ, "τρισχίλιαί σοι κεῖνται ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ," τῇ ἑξῆσ πυκτικοὺσ λαβὼν ἱμάντασ καὶ καταλοήσασ αὐτὸν ἔφη, "τρισχίλιαί σοι κεῖνται ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 23:1)

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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