πυγή

See also: πυγῇ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πῡ́ξ (pū́x), πῡγός (pūgós)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂. Cognates include Latin pūga, Old High German fochen, and Old Church Slavonic паоуга (pauga), пѫга (pǫga).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.ɡɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈɡe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈʝi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈʝi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈʝi/

Noun

πῡγή • (pūgḗ) f (genitive πῡγῆς, diminutive πῡγῐ́ον or πῡγαῖον or πῡγῐ́δῐον); first declension

rump; buttocks
- 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Collected Works 84
1. (figuratively) fat; swelling land
  - Eustathius 310
tail
Synonym: οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́)
- Etymologicum Magnum 513.14

Declension

First declension of ἡ πῡγή; τῆς πῡγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῡγή hē pūgḗ	τὼ πῡγᾱ́ tṑ pūgā́	αἱ πῡγαί hai pūgaí
Genitive	τῆς πῡγῆς tês pūgês	τοῖν πῡγαῖν toîn pūgaîn	τῶν πῡγῶν tôn pūgôn
Dative	τῇ πῡγῇ tēî pūgēî	τοῖν πῡγαῖν toîn pūgaîn	ταῖς πῡγαῖς taîs pūgaîs
Accusative	τὴν πῡγήν tḕn pūgḗn	τὼ πῡγᾱ́ tṑ pūgā́	τᾱ̀ς πῡγᾱ́ς tā̀s pūgā́s
Vocative	πῡγή pūgḗ	πῡγᾱ́ pūgā́	πῡγαί pūgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓ντῐ́πῡγος (ăntĭ́pūgos)
ᾰ̓πόπῡγος (ăpópūgos)
ᾰ̓́πῡγος (ắpūgos)
δᾰσῠ́πῡγος (dăsŭ́pūgos)
δοσῐ́πῡγος (dosĭ́pūgos)
δωσῐ́πῡγος (dōsĭ́pūgos)
ἐμπῡ́γῐᾰ (empū́gĭă)
εὐπῡγῐ́ᾱ (eupūgĭ́ā)
εὔπῡγος (eúpūgos)
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγος (kăllĭ́pūgos)
κᾰτᾰπῡ́γαινᾰ (kătăpū́gaină)
κᾰτᾰπῡγῐ́ζω (kătăpūgĭ́zō)
κᾰτᾰ́πῡγος (kătắpūgos)
κᾰτᾰπῡγότᾰτος (kătăpūgótătos)
κᾰτᾰπῡγότερος (kătăpūgóteros)
κᾰτᾰπῡ́γων (kătăpū́gōn)
λᾱκᾰτᾰπῡ́γων (lākătăpū́gōn)
λᾰκκόπῡγος (lăkkópūgos)
λεπτόπῡγος (leptópūgos)
λευκόπῡγος (leukópūgos)
λῐσπόπῡγος (lĭspópūgos)
μελᾰ́μπῡγος (melắmpūgos)
μεσοπῡ́γῐον (mesopū́gĭon)
μῑκρορροπῡ́γῐος (mīkrorrhopū́gĭos)
ὀξῠ́πῡγος (oxŭ́pūgos)
ὀρθοπῡ́γῐον (orthopū́gĭon)
ὀρθόπῡγος (orthópūgos)
ὀροπῡ́γῐον (oropū́gĭon)
ὀρροπῡ́γῐον (orrhopū́gĭon)
ὀρσοπῡ́γῐον (orsopū́gĭon)
οὐροπῡ́γῐον (ouropū́gĭon)
πᾰγκᾰτᾰπῡ́γων (pănkătăpū́gōn)
πᾰλῐμπῡγηδόν (pălĭmpūgēdón)
περῐπῡγῐ́ς (perĭpūgĭ́s)
πλᾰτῠ́πῡγος (plătŭ́pūgos)
πῡγαῖον (pūgaîon)
πῡγαῖος (pūgaîos)
πῡγᾰλγής (pūgălgḗs)
πῡγᾰλγῐ́ᾱς (pūgălgĭ́ās)
πῡ́γᾰργος (pū́gărgos)
πῡγᾰρῐ́ζω (pūgărĭ́zō)
πῡγεών (pūgeṓn)
πῡγηδόν (pūgēdón)
πῡγῐ́δῐον (pūgĭ́dĭon)
πῡγῐ́ζω (pūgĭ́zō)
πῡγῐ́ον (pūgĭ́on)
πῡ́γῐσμᾰ (pū́gĭsmă)
πῡγῐστής (pūgĭstḗs)
πῡγῐστῐ́ (pūgĭstĭ́)
πῡγλῐ́ον (pūglĭ́on)
πῡγολᾰμπᾱ́ς (pūgolămpā́s)
πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς (pūgolămpĭ́s)
πῡγόρῐζᾰ (pūgórĭză)
πῡγοσκελῐ́ς (pūgoskelĭ́s)
πῡγοστόλος (pūgostólos)
ῥᾰθᾰπῡγῐ́ζω (rhăthăpūgĭ́zō)
ῥοδόπῡγος (rhodópūgos)
σεισοπῡγῐ́ς (seisopūgĭ́s)
φῐλοπῡγῐστής (phĭlopūgĭstḗs)
χᾰλκόπῡγος (khălkópūgos)

Descendants

⇒ Translingual: Pyrrhopyge