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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

  • καὶ σὺ ἴθι τῇ κακίᾳ νόσον ἀνήκεστον νοσῶν καὶ ὀλέθριον, ἀποκρύπτων τοὺσ φθόνουσ, τὰσ δεισιδαιμονίασ, ὥσπερ τινὰσ σφυγμούσ, δεδιὼσ παρασχεῖν τοῖσ νουθετεῖν καὶ ἰᾶσθαι δυναμένοισ. (Plutarch, An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum, section 2 4:2)
  • οἱο͂ν πηδήματα καρδίασ καὶ σφυγμοὺσ ἀφαιροῦσι καὶ ταχὺ πάλιν τὸ μανιῶδεσ καὶ ταραττόμενον ἱδρύουσιν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 16 2:4)
  • οἱο͂ν πηδήματα καρδίασ καὶ σφυγμοὺσ ἀφαιροῦσι καὶ ταχὺ πάλιν τὸ μανιῶδεσ καὶ ταραττόμενον ἱδρύουσιν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 16 8:1)
  • "μέχρι δ’ οὗ ταῦτ’ ἔνεστι, γίγνονταί τινεσ ὑποτροπαὶ τῶν παθῶν σφυγμοὺσ ἔχουσαι καὶ πήδησιν, ἐνίαισ μὲν ἀμυδρὰν καὶ ταχὺ κατασβεννυμένην ἐνίαισ δὲ νεανικῶσ ἐντείνουσαν. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 22 32:5)
  • καὶ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ Βαβυλωνία σφόδρα πυρώδησ, ὥστε τὰσ μὲν κριθὰσ χαμόθεν ἐκπηδᾶν καὶ ἀποπάλλεσθαι πολλάκισ, οἱο͂ν ὑπὸ φλεγμονῆσ τῶν τόπων σφυγμοὺσ ἐχόντων, τοὺσ δὲ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐν τοῖσ καύμασιν ἐπ’ ἀσκῶν πεπληρωμένων ὕδατοσ καθεύδειν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 35 7:1)

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