- πυγμή
- πυγμ-ή, ἡ, ([etym.] πύξ)A fist, Hp.Art.71, E.IT1368;
τῇ π. θενών Ar.V. 1384
;πυγμῇ πατάξαι LXX Ex.21.18
, cf. Is.58.4.2 boxing, as an athletic contest,πυγμῇ νικήσαντα Il.23.669
;πυγμὴν νικᾶν E.Alc.1031
;ἄνδρας πυγμὰν ἐνίκα Ὀλύμπια AP6.256
(Antip.);πυγμᾶς ἄποινα Pi. O.7.16
, cf. 10(11).67; πυγμὴν or τὴν π. ἀσκεῖν, Pl.Lg.795b, D.61.24; freq. in Inscrr., e.g. πυγμὴν Ζωΐλος (sc. ἐνίκησε) IG7.1765 ([place name] Thespiae), etc.b generally, fight, π. μονομάχων καὶ θηρίων Edict.Caes. ap. J.AJ14.10.6, cf. Artem.5.58; εἰς π. καθίστασθαι, τρέπεσθαι, of partridges, Gp.14.20.1,2.3 in Ev.Marc.7.3, πυγμῇ νίψασθαι is interpr. diligently (v.l. πυκνά, often).II a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles,= 18 δάκτυλοι, Thphr.HP9.11.5, Poll.2.147,158.
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