πυγμ-ή, ἡ,
(πύξ) fist, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 71, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1368; τῇ π. θενών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1384; πυγμῇ πατάξαι LXX.Exo.21.18, cf. LXX.Isa.58.4. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__2 boxing, as an athletic contest, πυγμῇ νικήσαντα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.669; πυγμὴν νικᾶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1031; ἄνδρας πυγμὰν ἐνίκα Ὀλύμπια “Anthologia Graeca” 6.256 (Antip.); πυγμᾶς ἄποινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.16, compare 10(11).67 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυγμὴν or τὴν π. ἀσκεῖν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 795b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in Inscrr., e.g. πυγμὴν Ζωΐλος (i.e. ἐνίκησε) [[ “IG” 7.1765 (from Thespiae), etc. ] Refs]
__2.b generally, fight, π. μονομάχων καὶ θηρίων Edict.Caes. cited in [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.10.6, compare 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 5.58 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; εἰς π. καθίστασθαι, τρέπεσθαι, of partridges, [[ “Geoponica” 14.20.1,2. ] Refs]
__3 in [[ NT.Mark.7.3, πυγμῇ νίψασθαι] NT] is interpretation diligently (variant{πυκνά}, often).
__II a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles,= [[ 18 δάκτυλοι, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.5, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.147, 158. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]