πήγνυσις

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ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter

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Full diacritics: πήγνῡσις Medium diacritics: πήγνυσις Low diacritics: πήγνυσις Capitals: ΠΗΓΝΥΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: pḗgnysis Transliteration B: pēgnysis Transliteration C: pignysis Beta Code: ph/gnusis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,    A = πῆξις, Ps.-Thales ap.Gal.16.37.

Greek Monolingual

-ύσεως, ἡ, Α
η πήξη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Μτγν. τ. σχηματισμένος από τον ενεστ. πήγνυ-μι + κατάλ. -σις].