πυγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pouga. Cognates include Latin pūga, Old High German fochen, and Old Church Slavonic паѹга pauga, [[]] pũga.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /py͜yɡɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pyːɣéː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /pyɣí/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /pyʝí/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /piʝí/

Noun

πυγή (genitive πυγῆς) f, first declension; (pūgē)

1. rump, buttocks
   • Archilochus, 84
   1. (figuratively) fat, swelling land
      • Eustathius, 310
2. = οὐρά (oura, “tail”)
   • Etymologicum Magnum, 513.14

Inflection

First declension of πῡγή, πῡγῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πῡγή	πῡγά	πῡγαί
Genitive	πῡγῆς	πῡγαῖν	πῡγῶν
Dative	πῡγῇ	πῡγαῖν	πῡγαῖς
Accusative	πῡγήν	πῡγά	πῡγάς
Vocative	πῡγή	πῡγά	πῡγαί

Synonyms

• οὖθαρ (outhar, “land”)
• οὐρά (oura, “tail”)

References

• LSJ 8th edition