Πυκτεύειν

to box, to spar

Translated by David Whitehead16 Apr 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

7 words

A kind of gymnasium and of wrestling-school.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πυκτεύειν· εἶδος γυμνασίου καὶ παλαίστρας.

Betacode

*pukteu/ein: ei)=dos gumnasi/ou kai\ palai/stras.

Notes

Same (odd) entry in Photius and the Lexica Segueriana. Something evidently went wrong early in the lexicographical tradition; perhaps there was an appropriate gloss for the infinitive followed by another headword puktei=on (cf. pi 3157) with the present gloss.

Linked from1 entry

π3157Πύκτηςboxer[Meaning a] pancratiast, athlete. Also [sc. attested is] puktei=on ["boxing-ring"], in which the boxers compete. But a pukti/on is a small tablet. Also [sc. attested is the verb] pukti/zw ["I fold"].

Neighbouring entries

π3154Πυκνότηςshrewdness π3155Πύκνωσιςclose order, compression π3156Πυκτεύεινto box, to spar π3157Πύκτηςboxer π3158ΠυλαγόραιPylagorai

Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Oct 2013

23 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
1 Dec 2011Revised — David Whitehead
18 Apr 2010typo — David Whitehead
18 Apr 2010tweak, expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
16 Apr 2010Translated — David Whitehead