ἔμπυος
From LSJ
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
English (LSJ)
ον, (πύον)
A suffering from an abscess or suppurating wound, Id.Prog.18, Aph.5.10, D.54.12, Isoc.19.26, Men.1009, IG4.952.57 (Epid.); τῷ ἐ. βέλτιον τὸ καίεσθαι τοῦ διαμένειν Iamb.Protr.2; ἵπποι Arist.HA604b6. II festering, suppurating, βάσις S.Ph.1378; στέρνων ἀπολύσεται ἔμπυον ἰλύν Androm. ap. Gal.14.35; ἔ. μοτός tents, Gal.19.97.
German (Pape)
[Seite 818] ein inneres Geschwür habend, Hippocr., Dem. 54, 12 u. A.; – βάσις, der mit Geschwüren bedeckte Fuß, Soph. Phil. 1364.
