πυκτ-εύω,
Boeotian dialect πουκτ-, box, spar, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 4.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.40; οὕτω πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων NT.1Cor.9.26; π. καὶ παγκρατιάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 456d; περὶ τεοῦς Ἑρμᾶς ποτ᾽ Ἄρευα π. 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 11 ] NT+6th c.BC+]; ἐς σὸν κρᾶτα π. strike with the fist on the head, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 229 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, fight, ξιφήρη π. [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.31 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of gladiators, [[ “Rev.Arch.” 30(1929).24 (from Gortyn)] Refs]:—middle, πεπύκτευται αὐτόν [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.19. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]