ἰγνύα

ἰγνύα, Ion. ἰγνύη, ἡ,

• the part behind the thigh and knee, ham, κατʼ ἰγνύην βεβλημένος Il. 13.212; παρʼ ἰγνύῃσιν ἕλιξε κέρκον Theoc. 25.242, cf. 26.17, AP 12.176 (Strat.), APl. 16.253: also in Prose, Hp. Fract. 13, Ruf. Onom. 121; τὸ μόριον τὸ τῆς ἅλσεως κύριον (καλεῖται δὲ τοῦτο ἰγνύα) Arist. HA 515b8: acc. sg. ἰγνύαν Phld. Acad.Ind. p.50 M.; περὶ τὴν ἰγνύαν Plu. Art. 11: dat. pl. ἰγνύαις LXX 3 Ki. 18.21, Luc. VH 1.23. —From a nom. ἰγνύς, ύος, ἡ, we find dat. pl. ἰγνύσι h.Merc. 152, v.l. in Luc. l.c.: acc. ἰγνύν Arist. HA 494a8 (v.l. -ύην), Agatharch. 53; dat. ἰγνύι Gal. 10.902: gen. pl. ἰγνύων Arist. HA 512b22, Herod. 1.14: acc. pl. ἰγνύας is indeterminate, Plu. Galb. 26. [ῡ in ἰγνύη, v. ll.cc.; but ῠ in ἰγνύων, ἰγνύσι.]

ἰγνύα, u. ἰγνύη, ἡ, Kniekehle, Il. 13.212 u. Sp., wie Strat. 18 (XII.176) Ep.adesp. 269 (Plan. 253); ἰγνυῶν ὑφαίρεσις, das Beinstellen beim Ringen durch einen Stoß in die Kniekehle, vgl. Il. 23.726. – Auch in Prosa, Arist. H.A. 1.14 u. öfter, u. Sp.

ἰγνύα = ἰγνύς

• the part behind the thigh and knee, the ham, Lat. poples, Il., Theocr.