Πυγαῖα

bases, buttocks

Translated by David Whitehead22 Feb 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 27 words
[Meaning] the mouldings of columns.1 Also the [parts] of our bodies around the os sacrum.2
Also [sc. attested is] pugai=os ["buttocky"], [meaning] a man with no discipline.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πυγαῖα· τὰς σπείρας τῶν κιόνων. καὶ τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν τὰ κατὰ τὸ ἱερὸν ὀστοῦν. καὶ Πυγαῖος, ὁ ἀκόλαστος.

Betacode
*pugai=a: ta\s spei/ras tw=n kio/nwn. kai\ tou= sw/matos h(mw=n ta\ kata\ to\ i(ero\n o)stou=n. kai\ *pugai=os, o( a)ko/lastos.

Notes (3)

  1. 1This gloss shows that the neuter plural headword is in the accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere. ↩
  2. 2As we see here (and elsewhere), Latin os sacrum is a direct rendering of the Greek i(ero\n o)ste/on (LSJ s.v. i(ero/s, IV.10). ↩
  3. 3Attested only here. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π3106Πύγαργοςwhite-rumpπ3107ΠύγελλαPhygela, Phygella, Puygela, Pygellaπ3108Πυγαῖαbases, buttocksπ3109ΠύγελαPygelaπ3110Πυγήbutt
Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note — David Whitehead
  4. tweak, status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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