πύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch”); related to πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”) and cognate with Latin pugnus (“fist”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pýks/ → /pyks/ → /piks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pýks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piks/

Adverb

πύξ • (púx)

1. with the fist

Derived terms

1. πύξ, λάξ, δάξ (púx, láx, dáx)

Further reading

• “πύξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πύξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πύξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter