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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

  • ᾗ καὶ δοκεῖ δραστικὸσ ὁ θυμούμενοσ ὡσ θερμὸσ ὁ πυρέττων, οἱο͂ν ἐν σφυγμῷ καὶ διατάσει καὶ ὄγκῳ γενομένησ τῆσ ψυχῆσ, Ἐδήλωσε δὲ τοῖσ ἔργοισ αὐτίκα μάλα τὴν διάθεσιν ταύτην ὁ Μάρκιοσ. (Plutarch, Lives, chapter 21 2:2)
  • "ἐν βυθῷ συνταραχθέντι καὶ κλύδωνι μᾶλλον ἄν τισ ἢ μνήμην ἡδονῆσ διαμειδιῶσαν ἐν σφυγμῷ τοσούτῳ καὶ σπαραγμῷ σώματοσ ἐπινοήσειε. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 18 1:2)
  • Ἐπὶ ἰσχυρῷ σφυγμῷ ἐν τοῖσιν ἕλκεσιν, αἱμοῤῬαγίη. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 87.22)
  • Ἀναγκάζονται δὲ διὰ τὸ οἶδοσ ἐπικαταπλάσσειν‧ ἀσύμφορον δὲ καὶ τοῦτο τοῖσιν ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν ἐπιδεομένοισιν‧ ἄχθοσ γὰρ ἀνωφελὲσ πρὸσ τῷ ἄλλῳ σφυγμῷ ἐπιγίνεται. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 25.7)

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