πυρρίχ-η · pyrrich-ē — LSJ
war-dance, contortions
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πυρρίχ-η
purriche · ἡ
war-dance, contortions
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- πυρρίχαις · pyrrichais Plotinus, Enneads 3.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1534)
- πυρρίχην · pyrrichēn Xenophon, Anabasis 6.1.12 (DIORISIS sentence 2612)
- πυρρίχην · pyrrichēn Plato, Laws 815
- πυρρίχην · pyrrichēn Plato, Laws 816
- πυρρίχας · pyrrichas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 4655)
- πυρρίχην · pyrrichēn Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 859)
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