scratch, tear, lacerate,
ἀμύσσω, Att.
ἀμύν-ττω, Phld. Lib. p.57 O.: Ep.
impf.
A.
ἄμυσσον
Il. 19.284
:fut.
-ξω
Il. 1.243
, Aeschin. Ep. 12.10 :aor.
ἤμυξα
Nonn. D. 40.161
, poet. ἄμ-
B. 16.19
, AP 7.218 (Antip.):— Med. ,pres., Hp. Mul. 1.78 :aor. part. ἀμυξάμενος(κατ-) AP 7.491 ( Mnasalc. ):— Pass. ,fut.
ἀμυχθήσομαι
Aq. 2 Ki. 6.19
:aor. part.
ἀμυχθέν
AP 11.382
( Agath. ), Ath. 10.433d :—scratch, tear, lacerate,
χερσὶ δ' ἄμυσσεν στήθεα
Il. 19.284
;tear in pieces, mangle,
Hdt. 3.76 , 108 ;ἀ. τοῖς ὄνυξιν,of the eagle, Arist. HA 619a23 :—esp. of any slight surface-wound, from whatever cause,prickas a thorn, Longus 1.14 ;stingas a fly, Luc Musc.Enc 6 : abs.,scratch,
ἀμφοτέραισιν ἀ.
Theoc. 22.96
;sting,
Hp. Mul. 1.78 .
II. metaph.,σὺ δ' ἔνδοθι θυμὸν ἀμύξεις χωόμενος thou wilt tearthy heart with rage, Il. 1.243 , cf. Call. Aet. 3.1.10 ; καρδίαν ἄμυξεν ἄλγος
B. 16.19
, cf. 17.11 , A. Pers. 161 ;φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳib. 116 ;ὑπόμνημα ὃ τὴν γνώμην ἀμύξειAeschin.l.c., cf. Phld.l.c., Jul. Or. 2.96a . (Forἀμύχyω,cf.ἀμυχή.)
