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ἰξύς

ἰξύς, the waist

ἰξύς, ύος, ἡ,
  • waist, of women, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετʼ ἰξυῖ (contr. for ἰξύϊ) Od. 5.231, cf. Longus 1.4; of a man, Arat. 310; of centaurs, Opp. C. 2.6; of a deer, APl. 16.96: pl., ἰξύες, οἱ, loins, Hp. Fract. 20, cf. Gal. 19.106: sg., = ὀσφύς, [Id.]14.706. (Perh. akin to ἰσχύς, cf. ἰσχίον.) [ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., Choerob. in Theod. 1.331; ῠ in trisyll. cases.]

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