πυγαῖος

English (LSJ)

α, ον, (πυγή)

   A of or on the rump:    I τὸ π.,= ἡ πυγή, Hp. Art.57,78, Arist.HA620a15: pl., Archipp.41 (s.v.l.), Sor.1.102, Dsc. Eup.2.56, Hsch., Phot.; τὸ π. ἄκρον, of a bird, Hdt.2.76.    II πυγαῖα, τά, in Architecture,= σπεῖρα, base of a column, Hsch.    III = κατάπυγος, Suid.    IV v. πυγλίον.