νύσσω

English (LSJ)

Att. νύττω, Pass., pf.

   A νένυγμαι Gal.10.221 : aor. 1 ἐνύχθην D.L.2.109, Gal.10.390 : aor. 2 ἐνύγην [ῠ], 3sg. opt. νυγείη ib.401 ; part. νῠγείς Chrysipp.Stoic.2.233, Gal.13.565, App.Anth.3.129.6 (D.L.) :—touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce, ἔγχεϊ νύξε Il.5.579 ; χείρεσσι . . ἀσπίδα νύσσων 16.704 ; χθόνα . . ἵπποι νύσσοντες χηλῇσι dinting the earth with their hoofs, Hes.Sc.62 ; ἀγκῶνι νύξας having nudged him with the elbow, Od.14.485, cf. Theoc.21.50, Plu.2.79e, etc. ; γνωμιδίῳ γνώμην ν. prick it (and see what is in it), Ar.Nu.321 ; γέονταν. 'beard the lion in his den', Diogenian.1.52.    2 metaph., sting, Phld.Lib.p.64O. ; νύξας ὁ λόγος Luc.Herm.71, cf. Porph.Abst. 1.49.    II impinge upon, esp. of sense-impressions, Plot.4.5.1, 6.6.12 :—Pass., Chrysipp. l. c., Alex.Aphr.de An.130.15.    2 Pass., of the νεῦρα, suffer lesion (νύγμα 1.2), Gal.ll.cc.