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νύσσω

nysso

touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νύσσω, Att. νύττω, Pass., pf. νένυγμαι Gal. 10.221 : aor. 1 ἐνύχθην D.L. 2.109, Gal. 10.390 : aor. 2 ἐνύγην [ῠ], 3sg. opt. νυγείη ib.401 ; part. νῠγείς Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.233, Gal. 13.565, App.Anth. 3.129.6 (D.L.) :—A. touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce, ἔγχεϊ νύξε Il. 5.579 ; χείρεσσι . . ἀσπίδα νύσσων 16.704 ; χθόνα . . ἵπποι νύσσοντες χηλῇσι dinting the earth with their hoofs, Hes. Sc. 62 ; ἀγκῶνι νύξας having nudged him with the elbow, Od. 14.485, cf. Theoc. 21.50, Plu. 2.79e, etc. ; γνωμιδίῳ γνώμην ν. prick it (and see what is in it), Ar. Nu. 321 ; γέονταν. ‘beard the lion in his den’, Diogenian. 1.52. 2. metaph., sting, Phld. Lib.p.64O. ; νύξας ὁ λόγος Luc. Herm. 71, cf. Porph. Abst. 1.49. II. impinge upon, esp. of sense-impressions, Plot. 4.5.1, 6.6.12 :—Pass., Chrysipp. l. c., Alex.Aphr. de An. 130.15. 2. Pass., of the νεῦρα, suffer lesion (νύγμα I.2), Gal.ll.cc.
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