πυγή

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Γυνὴ τὸ σύνολόν ἐστι δαπανηρὸν φύσει → Natura fecit sumptuosas feminas → Es ist die Frau durchaus kostspielig von Natur

Menander, Monostichoi, 97
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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/

English (LSJ)

ῆς, ἡ, heterocl. acc.

   A πῦγα Arist.Phgn.810b1 (τὸ πυγή is a barbarism in Ar.Th.1187):—rump, buttocks, Archil.91, Ar.Eq.365, Sor.2.60, etc.; pl., Luc.Peregr.17; ποτὶ πυγὰν ἅλλεσθαι to kick up the heels so as to strike the buttock in dancing, dance the fling, a girls' exercise at Sparta, Ar.Lys.82, cf. Antyll. ap. Orib.6.31.2; πρὸς π. πηδῆσαι Hp. Nat.Puer.13 (cited as πρὸς πυγὰς πηδᾶν by Sor.1.60).    2 metaph. of fat, swelling land, Eust.310.2.    II = οὐρά, EM513.14.