The corpus record

γυῖον

guion · τό

limb, the feet, womb

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Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Ion 2 · 4.99/10k
Iliad 42 · 3.77/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Odyssey 10 · 1.15/10k

What it meant

γυῖον · gyion — LSJ

limb, the feet, womb, hands, the hand, the whole body

limb, Hom., always pl., in phrases such as γυῖα λέλυντο Il. 13.85; ὑπὸ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα 14.506; ὅπποτέ κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κάματος 4.230, etc., cf. A. Pers. 913 (lyr.), Id. Eleg. 3; γυῖα ποδῶν the feet, Il. 13.512; μητρὸς γυῖα womb, h.Merc. 20; γυῖα hands, Theoc. 22.81; γυῖον, sg., the hand, ib. 121 (so prob. as device on signet, Tab.Heracl. 1.183); but γυῖον the whole body, Pi. N. 7.73, Hp. Epid. 6.4.26.—Not in Att. Prose: later, opp. στέρνα καὶ κεφαλή, Plu. Arist. 14.

In the wild

γυίων · gyiōn Aeschylus, Persians 913–914
γυίοισι · gyioisi Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 719–721
γυίων · gyiōn Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 68)
γυίοις · gyiois Euripides, Helen *(ele/nh.375 (DIORISIS sentence 216)
γυῖα · gyia Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 417)
γυῖα · gyia Euripides, Heracles 230–231

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Where it came from

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