πυγή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῆς, ἡ, heterocl. acc. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πῦγα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>810b1</span> (<b class="b3">τὸ πυγή</b> is a barbarism in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1187</span>):—[[rump]], [[buttocks]], <span class="bibl">Archil.91</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>365</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.2.60</span>, etc.; pl., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Peregr.</span>17</span>; <b class="b3">ποτὶ πυγὰν ἅλλεσθαι</b> to kick up the heels so as to strike [[the buttock]] in dancing, [[dance the fling]], a girls' exercise at Sparta, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>82</span>, cf. Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.6.31.2</span>; πρὸς π. πηδῆσαι <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>13</span> (cited as <b class="b3">πρὸς πυγὰς πηδᾶν</b> by <span class="bibl">Sor.1.60</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of [[fat]], [[swelling land]], <span class="bibl">Eust.310.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[οὐρά]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>513.14</span>.</span>