ἀμυχή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ἀμύσσω)

   A scratch, skin-wound, Hp.Epid.7.32; ἀμυχὰς καταμύξαντες Phryn.Com.3; of marks of strangling, D.47.59.    2 Medic., scarification, Antyll. ap. Orib.7.18.3, Gal.10.964.    II = ἄμυξις, in sign of sorrow, ἀμυχὰς κοπτομένων ἀφεῖλεν Plu.Sol. 21.    III metaph., ἀ. καὶ ἑλκώσεις ἐν ταῖς φιλίαις Iamb.VP33.231.