Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἀμῠχ-ή

ἀμῠχ-ή,ἡ, (ἀμύσσω)

A. scratch, skin-wound,

Hp. Epid. 7.32 ; ἀμυχὰς καταμύξαντες

Phryn.Com. 3

; ofmarks of strangling,

D. 47.59 .

2. Medic.,scarification,

Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.18.3 , Gal. 10.964 .

II.

= ἄμυξις , in sign of sorrow, ἀμυχὰς κοπτομένων ἀφεῖλεν

Plu. Sol. 21

.

III. metaph., ἀ. καὶ ἑλκώσεις ἐν ταῖς φιλίαις

Iamb. VP 33.231

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