ψόα

ψόα or ψύα, ἡ, more freq. in pl. ψόαι or ψύαι,

• muscles of the loins (cf. ἀλώπηξ IV), Hp. Art. 45 (ψύας codd. MV), Nat.Hom. 11 (ψόας), cf. Oss. 18 (ψύαν), Morb.Sacr. 3 (ψύην), and LXX Le. 3.9, 2 Ki. 2.23, Ps. 37(38).8, al.; ψύαι Euphro 7, Clearch. 72, Aret. CD 2.3 (but ψόαι Id. SD 2.3); acc. pl. ψοιάς (v.l. ψύας, ψυάς) Polybus ap. Arist. HA 512b21: ψόα LXX Le. l.c. and three times in cod. Vat. of 2 Ki. (cod. Alex. ψοία) ; ψύαι Ps. l.c. (corrupted to ψυχή): acc. pl. ψόας in Bilabel Ὀψαρτ. p.11:—Hsch. has ψίαι, ψειαί, and ψυῖαι, also φοῦαι and ψύλλες: the word in all its spellings is declared un-Attic by Phryn. 269, Phot.; the form ψύη was recognized by Irenaeus ap. Orion.col. 168. [ῠ in ψύαι, Euphro l.c.; but ῡ in an Epic Fragm. in Ath. 9.399a, ψύας ἔγχεϊ νύξε, where perh. ψοίας shd. be written.]