The corpus record

ἔμπυ-ος

empuos

suffering from an abscess

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Where it lives

Aegineticus 1 · 3.44/10k
Against Conon 1 · 3.15/10k
De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k

What it meant

ἔμπυ-ος · empy-os — LSJ

suffering from an abscess, suppurating wound

suffering from an abscess or suppurating wound, Hp. Prog. 18, Aph. 5.10, D. 54.12, Isoc. 19.26, Men. 1009, IG 4.952.57 (Epid.); τῷ ἐ. βέλτιον τὸ καίεσθαι τοῦ διαμένειν Iamb. Protr. 2; ἵπποι Arist. HA 604b6.

II festering, suppurating, tents

festering, suppurating, βάσις S. Ph. 1378; στέρνων ἀπολύσεται ἔμπυον ἰλύν Androm. ap. Gal. 14.35; ἔ. μοτός tents, Gal. 19.97.

In the wild

ἔμπυος · empyos Demosthenes, Against Conon Narr.12 (DIORISIS sentence 39)
ἔμπυοί · empyoi Hippocrates, De aere aquis et locis 4 (DIORISIS sentence 48)
ἔμπυος · empyos Isocrates, Aegineticus 26 (DIORISIS sentence 70)
ἔμπυον · empyon Sophocles, Philoctetes 1378–1379

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