γυῖα

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[γυ-, to bend. Cf. γύαλον, γυρός.]

• • 1

    A joint: γ. ποδῶν Il. 13.512.

  • 2

    The limbs: γ. ἔθηκεν ἐλαφρά Il. 5.122 = Il. 13.61 = Il. 23.772. Cf. Il. 19.385, Il. 22.448, Il. 23.691.

  • 3

    The limbs regarded as the seat of strength, as symbolizing the strength (cf. γόνυ 2): λῦσε γ. Il. 4.469 = Il. 11.260, Il. 11.240, Il. 16.312 = 400, 465, Il. 21.406. Cf. Il. 4.230, Il. 5.811, Il. 6.27, Il. 7.6, 12, 16, Il. 13.85 435, Il. 15.435, 581, Il. 16.341, 805, Il. 17.524, Il. 18.31, Il. 19.165, 169, Il. 23.63, 627, 726: ἐκ κάματον εἵλετο γυίων Od. 10.363. Cf. Od. 1.192, Od. 8.233, Od. 12.279, Od. 18.238, 242, 341.

    As that upon which fear takes hold or which it affects: τρόμος ἔλλαβε γ. Il. 3.34, Il. 8.452, Il. 14.506, Il. 24.170. Cf. Il. 7.215 = Il. 20.44, Il. 10.95, 390: Od. 6.140, Od. 11.527, Od. 18.88.

    App. as the seat of yearning: ἦλθʼ ἵμερος [γόοιο] ἀπὸ γυίων Il. 24.514.