Ancient Greek

From σφύζω ‎(sphúzō, “throb”)

Noun

σφύξις • ‎(sphúxis) f ‎(genitive σφύξεως); third declension

1. pulse

Related terms

• σφυγμός ‎(sphugmós)

References

• σφύξις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σφύξις» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette