νύσσω,
Attic dialect νύττω, passive, perfect νένυγμαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.221 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 1 ἐνύχθην [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.109, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.390: ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist 2 ἐνύγην [ῠ], 3rd.pers. singular optative νυγείη[[ [prev. work]401 ] Refs]; participle νῠγείς [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.233, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.565, “App.Anth.” 3.129.6 (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce, ἔγχεϊ νύξε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.579; χείρεσσι.. ἀσπίδα νύσσων 16.704 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χθόνα.. ἵπποι νύσσοντες χηλῇσι dinting the earth with their hoofs, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 62 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγκῶνι νύξας having nudged him with the elbow, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.485, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.50, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.79e, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γνωμιδίῳ γνώμην ν. prick it (and see what is in it), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 321 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέονταν. 'beard the lion in his den', [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 1.52. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, sting, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.64O.; νύξας ὁ λόγος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 71, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.49. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II impinge upon, especially of sense-impressions, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.5.1, 6.6.12 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, Chrysipp. [same place], [[ 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “de Anima liber - pars” 130.15. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]