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ἰξύς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰξύς ἰξύος

Structure: ἰξυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. the waist

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αἱ δ’, ὥστ’ ἠμαθόεντοσ ἐπισχεδὸν αἰγιαλοῖο παρθενικαί, δίχα κόλπον ἐπ’ ἰξύασ εἱλίξασαι σφαίρῃ ἀθύρουσιν περιηγέι· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 15:30)
  • τρεῖσ γάρ μοι ἀνιάζοντι θεάων, στέρφεσιν αἰγείοισ ἐζωσμέναι ἐξ ὑπάτοιο αὐχένοσ ἀμφί τε νῶτα καὶ ἰξύασ, ἠύτε κοῦραι, ἔσταν ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆσ μάλ’ ἐπισχεδόν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 21:23)
  • δέμασ δέ οἱ ἐξ ὑπάτοιο κράατοσ, ἀμφί τε νῶτα καὶ ἰξύασ ἔστ’ ἐπὶ νηδὺν ἀντικρὺ μακάρεσσι φυὴν ἔκπαγλον ἐίκτο· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 26:6)
  • ἐπιπλάσματα πρὸσ τοῖσι ξυνοῖσι ἔστω αἴρησ ἄλητον καὶ κύμινον καὶ ὑσσώπου ἢ ὀριγάνου κόμη· σικύαι δὲ κοῦφαι μὲν, συχναὶ δὲ, ἄλλη πρὸσ ἄλλασ τιθεμένη, ἐσ τὸ ἐπιγάστριον, ἐσ τὰσ ἰξύασ μέσφι βουβώνων· ἠδὲ κατόπιν ἐσ ἰσχία πρὸσ νεφροὺσ καὶ Ῥάχιν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 218)
  • δρῆν μέντοι τάδε ἄμφω ἱερὴ δύναται · κατειλίσσειν δὲ τὰ τε αἰδοῖα καὶ τὰσ ἰξύασ καὶ τὴν πλιχάδα καὶ τοὺσ ὄρχιασ ἐρίοισι τοῖσι ἀπὸ ὀί̈οσ Ῥυπῶσι· Ῥοδίνῳ δὲ καὶ οἴνῳ διῆναι χρὴ τὰ ἔρια, καὶ τέγγειν τὰ μέρεα, πολλόντι μᾶλλον τάδε καταιον οῦν τα, ὅκωσ μήτε θάλψισ ἐκ τῶν ἐρίων ἐοί, ἀτὰρ ἡ ἔμφυτοσ θέρμη ὑπὸ ψυχρῆσ δυνάμιοσ τῶν χυμῶν πρηο̈́νηται. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 336)
  • καὶ κτένασ ἑλκητῆρασ, ἀνὰ προπύλαιον Ἀθάνασ θήκατο, καὶ ῥαπτὰσ γειοφόρουσ σκαφίδασ, θησαυρῶν ὅτ’ ἔκυρσεν, ἐπεὶ τάχ’ ἂν ἁ πολυκαμπὴσ ἰξὺσ κεἰσ Αἴδαν ᾤχετο κυφαλέα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 297 1:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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