πυγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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Noun

πῡγή • (pūgḗ) f (genitive πῡγῆς, diminutive πυγαῖον or πυγίδιον); first declension

  1. rump, buttocks
    1. (figuratively) fat, swelling land
      • Eustathius 310
  2. = οὐρά (ourá, tail)

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