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|Definition=Att. νύττω, Pass., pf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> νένυγμαι Gal.10.221 : aor. 1 ἐνύχθην <span class="bibl">D.L.2.109</span>, Gal.10.390 : aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἐνύγην [ῠ],</b> 3sg. opt. <b class="b3">νυγείη</b> ib.401 ; part. νῠγείς <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.233</span>, Gal.13.565, <span class="title">App.Anth.</span>3.129.6 (D.L.) :—<b class="b2">touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce</b>, ἔγχεϊ νύξε <span class="bibl">Il.5.579</span> ; χείρεσσι . . ἀσπίδα νύσσων <span class="bibl">16.704</span> ; <b class="b3">χθόνα . . ἵπποι νύσσοντες χηλῇσι</b> <b class="b2">dinting</b> the earth with their hoofs, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>62</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀγκῶνι νύξας</b> <b class="b2">having nudged</b> him with the elbow, <span class="bibl">Od.14.485</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.21.50</span>, Plu.2.79e, etc. ; <b class="b3">γνωμιδίῳ γνώμην ν</b>. <b class="b2">prick</b> it (and see what is in it), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>321</span> ; <b class="b3">γέονταν</b>. 'beard the lion in his den', <span class="bibl">Diogenian.1.52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">sting</b>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.64O.</span> ; νύξας ὁ λόγος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span> 1.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">impinge upon</b>, esp. of sense-impressions, <span class="bibl">Plot.4.5.1</span>, <span class="bibl">6.6.12</span> :—Pass., Chrysipp. l. c., <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">de An.</span>130.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., of the <b class="b3">νεῦρα</b>, <b class="b2">suffer lesion</b> (νύγμα <span class="bibl">1.2</span>), Gal.ll.cc.</span>