πυγμή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch”). Cognates include Latin pugnus, Lithuanian pušìs, and Old English fyst (English fist). Compare πύξ (púx) and πεύκη (peúkē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyŋ.mɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyɡˈme̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyɣˈmi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyɣˈmi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piɣˈmi/
Noun
πυγμή • (pugmḗ) f (genitive πυγμῆς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πυγμή hē pugmḗ |
τὼ πυγμᾱ́ tṑ pugmā́ |
αἱ πυγμαί hai pugmaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πυγμῆς tês pugmês |
τοῖν πυγμαῖν toîn pugmaîn |
τῶν πυγμῶν tôn pugmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πυγμῇ têi pugmêi |
τοῖν πυγμαῖν toîn pugmaîn |
ταῖς πυγμαῖς taîs pugmaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πυγμήν tḕn pugmḗn |
τὼ πυγμᾱ́ tṑ pugmā́ |
τᾱ̀ς πυγμᾱ́ς tā̀s pugmā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πυγμή pugmḗ |
πυγμᾱ́ pugmā́ |
πυγμαί pugmaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πυγμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πυγμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πυγμή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πυγμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πυγμή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4435 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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