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... that to hit [βαλεῖν ][1] is to send from a distance, but to wound (οὐτάσαι ][2] and to stab [νύξαι ])[3], and to beat [τύψαι ], [means] to wound [τρῶσαι ][4] by hand action.

Τύψαι: ὅτι βαλεῖν τὸ πόρρωθεν πέμψαι, οὐτάσαι δὲ καὶ νύξαι, καὶ τύψαι, τὸ ἐκ χειρὸς τρῶσαι.

For the headword see tau 1182, tau 1179, pi 893, pi 880.
Similar definitions are given by Apollonius the Sophist (Lex. Hom. 156) under τύψας (ἐκ χειρὸς πατάξας , 'having struck by hand') and τυπείς (πληγεὶς ἐκ χειρός , 'struck by hand').
This entry gives the same distinctions as those at beta 77, nu 614, omicron 968. They are taken from a dictionary of synonyms that distinguished sharply the Greek verbs meaning to strike or hit a person: hitting with a missile thrown from a distance (web address 1), wounding with a sharp instrument (web address 2) or stabbing (web address 3), striking by the hand (the headword, web address 4) in such a way as to wound (web address 5).
[1] Beta 77, beta 78, alpha 997, beta 76, kappa 1830, mu 426, tau 479, etc.
[2] Omicron 968.
[3] Nu 614.
[4] Tau 1179.

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