νύσσω,
Att. νύττω, Pass., pf. νένυγμαι Gal. 10.221: aor. 1 ἐνύχθην D.L. 2.109, Gal. 10.390: aor. 2 ἐνύγην [ῠ], 3 sg. opt. νυγείη ib.401; part. νῠγείς Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.233, Gal. 13.565, App.Anth. 3.129.6 (D.L.): -
I
1. touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce, ἔγχεϊ νύξε Il. 5.579; χείρεσσι.. ἀσπίδα νύσσων 16.704; χθόνα.. ἵπποι νύσσοντες χηλῇσι dinting the earth with their hoofs, Hes. Sc. 62; ἀγκῶνι νύξας having nudged him with the elbow, Od. 14.485, cf. Theoc. 21.50, Plu. 2.79e, etc.; γνωμιδίῳ γνώμην ν. prick it (and see what is in it), Ar. Nu. 321; γέονταν. ’beard the lion in his den’, Diogenian. 1.52.
2. metaph., sting, Phld. Lib. p.64O.; νύξας ὁ λόγος Luc. Herm. 71, cf. Porph. Abst. 1.49.
II
1. impinge upon, esp. of sense-impressions, Plot. 4.5.1, 6.6.12: - Pass., Chrysipp. l. c., Alex.Aphr. de An. 130.15.
2. Pass., of the νεῦρα, suffer lesion (νύγμα 1.2), Gal.ll.cc.
G3572 — νύσσω
(νύττω): 1 aorist ἔνυξα; to strike (?), pierce; to pierce through, transfix; often in Homer of severe or even deadly wounds given one; as, τόν μέν ἔγχει νυξ'... στυγερός δ' ἄρα μίν σκότος ἑιλε, Iliad 5, 45. 47; φθάσας αὐτόν ἐκεῖνος νυττει κάτωθεν ὑπό τόν βουβωνα δόρατι καί παραχρῆμα διεργάζεται, Josephus, b. j. 3, 7, 35; so τήν πλευράν λόγχη, [Joh 19:34], cf. [Joh 20:25], [Joh 20:27]. On the further use of the word cf. Fritzsche, Romans, ii., p. 559. (Compare: κατανύσσω.)
** νύσσω
( Att. . - ττω ),
[in LXX : Sir 22:19 , 3Ma 5:14 * ;]
to pierce: τ . πλευρὰν λόγχῃ , [Joh 19:34], [[Mat 27:49] ], WH . †