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σφυγμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφυγμός σφυγμοῦ

Structure: σφυγμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sfu/zw

Sense

  1. the throbbing of inflamed parts
  2. the beating of the heart and circulatory system, pulse
  3. a vibration of the earth, quake
  4. (figuratively) any violent emotion

Declension

Second 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.

Examples

  • ἀτόμουσ τισ οἰέται καὶ κενὸν ἀρχὰσ εἶναι τῶν ὅλων ψευδὴσ ἡ ὑπόληψισ, ἀλλ’ ἕλκοσ οὐ ποιεῖ οὐδὲ σφυγμὸν οὐδ’ ὀδύνην ταράττουσαν. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 1 3:1)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ἐν τῷ σώματι πρὸσ τὰ πεπονθότα μέρη καὶ ἀλγοῦντα γίνεται φορὰ καὶ ὁλκὴ τῶν πλησίον, οὕτωσ ἡ γλῶττα τῶν ἀδολέσχων ἀεὶ φλεγμονὴν ἔχουσα καὶ σφυγμὸν ἕλκει τι καὶ συνάγει τῶν ἀπορρήτων καὶ κεκρυμμένων ἐφ’ ἑαυτήν. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 14 4:1)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ἐν τῷ σώματι πρὸσ τὰ πεπονθότα μέρη καὶ ἀλγοῦντα γίγνεται φορὰ καὶ ὁλκὴ τῶν πλησίον, οὕτωσ ἡ γλῶττα τῶν ἀδολέσχων ἀεὶ φλεγμονὴν ἔχουσα καὶ σφυγμὸν ἕλκει τι καὶ συνάγει τῶν ἀπορρήτων καὶ κεκρυμμένων ἐφ’ ἑαυτήν. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 14 9:1)
  • καὶ πολὺν ἔχουσαι σφυγμὸν καὶ οἶστρον ἐν ταῖσ ἀπολαύσεσι λαμβάνουσιν αὐτούσ, διατάσεισ δὲ καὶ πληγαὶ πόρων καὶ πνευμάτων ἐναπολήψεισ διαδέχονται, μὴ περιμένουσαι τὰσ κατὰ φύσιν ἐξαγωγάσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπιπολάζουσαι τοῖσ σώμασιν ὥσπερ ὑπεράντλοισ σκάφεσι, φορτίων ἐκβολῆσ οὐ περιττωμάτων δεομένοισ. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 22 5:1)
  • ὑγρὰ ῥᾷον ἢ τὰ ξηρὰ προσδέχεται, καὶ πότερον φύσει πυκνὸν ἔχει τὸν σφυγμὸν ἢ μανόν· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 26 3:2)

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