ἄμυξις

εως, ἡ

ἀμύσσω

A. tearing, rending, mangling, Orph. A. 24, Ach.Tat. 8.4; scarification, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.16.1; irritation, Cass. Pr. 62.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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