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|Full diacritics=πῡγή
|Medium diacritics=πυγή
|Low diacritics=πυγή
|Capitals=ΠΥΓΗ
|Transliteration A=pygḗ
|Transliteration B=pygē
|Transliteration C=pygi
|Beta Code=pugh/
|Definition=ῆς, ἡ, heterocl. acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πῦγα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>810b1</span> (<b class="b3">τὸ πυγή</b> is a barbarism in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1187</span>):—<b class="b2">rump, buttocks</b>, <span class="bibl">Archil.91</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>365</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.2.60</span>, etc.; pl., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Peregr.</span>17</span>; <b class="b3">ποτὶ πυγὰν ἅλλεσθαι</b> to kick up the heels so as to strike <b class="b2">the buttock</b> in dancing, <b class="b2">dance the fling</b>, a girls' exercise at Sparta, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>82</span>, cf. Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.6.31.2</span>; πρὸς π. πηδῆσαι <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>13</span> (cited as <b class="b3">πρὸς πυγὰς πηδᾶν</b> by <span class="bibl">Sor.1.60</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of <b class="b2">fat, swelling land</b>, <span class="bibl">Eust.310.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[οὐρά]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>513.14</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0813.png Seite 813]] ἡ, 1) der Hintere; Ar. oft, ἐς κυνὸς πυγὴν ὁρᾶν, Eccl. 255; oft in der Anth., bes. Strat.; im plur., Rufin. 2 (V, 35), u. in Prosa, εἰς τὰς πυγὰς νάρθηκι παιόμενος, Luc. Peregr. 17; bei Ar. Th. 1187 sagt der Scythe τὸ [[πυγή]]; u. einen acc. sing. πῦγα hat Arist. physiogn. 6. – 2) übertr. der feisteste, fetteste Theil, z. B. ἀγροῦ, Paroem. App. 1, 3; Eust. 310, 2. – Ἅλλεσθαι πρὸς πυγήν, ein alter Tanz der lacedämonischen Jungfrauen, Ar. Lys. 82; vgl. Poll. 4, 102 u. Antyll. Oribas. p. 121, Matthaei.
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|lstext='''πῡγή''': ῆς, ἡ· (ἴδε πυγὼν ἐν τέλει)· - ὁ [[πρωκτός]], οἱ γλουτοί, τὰ ὀπίσθια, Ἀρχίλ. 84, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 365, κτλ.· ἐν τῷ πληθ., Λουκ. Περεγρ. 17· - τὸ πυγὴ Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 1187 [[εἶναι]] [[βαρβαρισμός]]· ἀλλ’ ὑπάρχει ἑτερόκλ. ἑνικ. αἰτ. πῦγα ἐν Ἀριστ. Φυσιογν. 6. 6· - πρὸς πυγὴν [[ἅλλομαι]], [[ἀνεγείρω]] τοὺς πόδας πρὸς τὰ ὁπίσω ἢ [[λακτίζω]] τόσον ὑψηλά, [[ὥστε]] διὰ τῆς πτέρνης [[ἐγγίζω]] τοὺς γλουτούς, [[γύμνασμα]] τῶν κορασίων ἐν Σπάρτῃ, Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 82· πρβλ. [[πυδαρίζω]]· 2) μεταφορ., πυγὴ ἀγροῦ, ἐπὶ παχείας, λιπαρᾶς, εὐφόρου γῆς, ὡς τὸ [[οὖθαρ]], Εὐστ. 310. 2. ΙΙ. = [[οὐρά]], «σεισοπυγὶς... παρὰ τὸ σείειν τὴν πυγήν, ὅ ἐστι τὴν οὐρὰν» Ἐτυμ. Μέγ. 513. 14.
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