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

  • τὸν δέ γε οἶμαι κατὰ τὴν πυκτικὴν πυκτικόν, τὸν δὲ κατ’ αὐλητικὴν αὐλητικόν, καὶ τἆλλα δήπου ἀνὰ λόγον τούτοισ· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 46:3)

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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