Πύκτης

boxer

Translated by David Whitehead22 Feb 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 31 words
[Meaning a] pancratiast, athlete.1
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"].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πύκτης· παγκρατιαστής, ἀθλητής. καὶ Πυκτεῖον, ἐν ᾧ οἱ πύκται ἀγωνίζονται. Πυκτίον δὲ τὸ πινακίδιον. καὶ Πυκτίζω.

Betacode
*pu/kths: pagkratiasth/s, a)qlhth/s. kai\ *puktei=on, e)n w(=| oi( pu/ktai a)gwni/zontai. *pukti/on de\ to\ pinaki/dion. kai\ *pukti/zw.

Notes (2)

  1. See also pi 3156.
  2. 1Likewise in Photius and the Lexica Segueriana. The rest of the entry is paralleled in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler. ↩
  3. 2This verb is attested only in lexica and grammars; LSJ says 'as if ptukti/zw'. ↩

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π3155Πύκνωσιςclose order, compressionπ3156Πυκτεύεινto box, to sparπ3157Πύκτηςboxerπ3158ΠυλαγόραιPylagoraiπ3159ΠυλάδηςPylades
Revision history5 revisions · last 25 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. another note — David Whitehead
  5. expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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