The corpus record

ἰνίον

inion · τό

occipital bone, occiput

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Where it lives

Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

1. ἰνίον · inion — LSJ

occipital bone, occiput

occipital bone, occiput, [τοῦ τριχωτοῦ κρανίου] . . τὸ ὀπίσθιον [ἐστὶν] ἰνίον Arist. HA 491a33, cf. Gal. UP 9.17, al.; κεφαλῆς κατὰ ἰνίον Il. 5.73; διὰ ἰνίου ἦλθεν [δόρυ] 14.495, cf. Hp. Aph. 3.26, Pherecyd. 66 J., Theoc. 25.264, Euph. 41, Plu. Mar. 33. (ἰ- codd., κατʼ ἰν- Gal. l.c., but cf. ἐφινίους· τὰς ἐπὶ τοῦ ἰνίου σάρκας, Hsch.)

2. ἵνιον · hinion — LSJ

In the wild

ἰνίου · iniou Iliad 14.495
ἰνίον · inion Iliad 5.73

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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