1. ἴυγξ · iynx — Frisk
ἴυγξ. Zur Sache ausführlich 4. dela Geniere Rev. 6t. anc. 60 (1958) 27-35. — [Frisk, s.v. ἴυγξ, p. 2240]
The corpus record
ἴυγξ
iugx
Zur Sache ausführlich 4
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Where it lives
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. ἴυγξ · iynx — LSJ
wryneck, Iynx torquilla, as by the magic wheel
wryneck, Iynx torquilla, Arist. HA 504a12, PA 695a23, Ael. NA 6.19; used as a charm to recover unfaithful lovers, being bound to a revolving wheel, ἴ. τετράκναμος Pi. P. 4.214, cf. AP 5.204; ἕλκειν ἴυγγα ἐπί τινι X. Mem. 3.11.18; ἴ. ἕλκε τὺ τῆνον ἐμὸν ποτὶ δῶμα Theoc. 2.17: metaph., ἕλκομαι ἴυγγι ἦτορ as by the magic wheel, Pi. N. 4.35; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ἴυγγος τῷ κάλλει ἑλκόμενος Luc. Dom. 13.
2 spell, charm, passionate yearning for
metaph., spell, charm, τῇ σῇ ληφθέντες ἴυγγι Ar. Lys. 1110, cf. S. Fr. 474 (prob. cj.), Lyc. 310, D.L. 6.76, Plu. Suav. 2.1093d (prob. cj. in Vind. 568a), Philostr. VA 8.7 (pl.), Hld. 8.5; passionate yearning for, ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων A. Pers. 989.
3
in pl., name of certain ‘Chaldaic’ divinities, Procl. in R. 2.213K., in Cra. p.33 P., Dam. Pr. 111, al.: in sg., ἡ πρώτη ἴ. ib. 217, cf. 213.
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= σῦριγξ μονοκάλαμος, EM 480.1. [ῑ Ep. and Pi.; ῐ Att.]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἴυγξ (scan p. 2240; entry #7263).
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