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ἰξός

ixos

mistletoe, the birdlime prepared from it

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What it meant

1. ἰξός · ixos — Beekes

ἰξός [m.] ‘mistletoe, the birdlime prepared from it’, metaph. of all kinds of sticky substances (Hp., E., Ar. Arist., Thphr.). < EUR> *COMP As a first member e.g. in ἰξο-βόρος name of thrush, “‘Turdus viscivorus’ (Arist.). *DER ἰξία ‘misteltoe’ (perhaps derived from ἰξός in the mg. ‘birdlime’, cf. Stromberg 1937: 114), also name of a thistle, χαμαιλέων λευκός, Atractylis gummifera’ (in this mg. also ἰξίνη [Thphr., … — [Beekes, s.v. ἰξός, p. 640]

2. ἱξός · hixos — Chantraine

ἱξός : m. «gui» (Arist., Thphr., Dec.) d'où «glu tirée du gui» ou de toute autre matière, notamment pour prendre les oiseaux, tout produit gluant, etc. (E., Hp.,etc.), employé au figuré, par exemple pour désigner un ladre {Ar., fr. 718), cf. γλισχρός. Voir André, Lexique s.u. uiscum, avec la bibliographie. Composés : ἰξο-βόρος, -péyos variété de grive qui se nourrit de gui, turdus viscivorus; en outre -B6Aoc, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἱξός, p. 479]

3. ἰξός · ixos — Frisk

ἰξός m. “die Mistel, die Mistelbeere, der daraus bereitete Vogelleim’, auch übertr. von allerlei klebrigen Stoffen (Hp., E., Ar., Arist., Thphr. usw.). Als Vorderglied z.B. in ἰξο-βόρος N. einer Drosselart, “Turdus viscivorus’ (Arist... — Davon ἐξία “Mistel’ (von ἐξός = “Vogelleim’ abgeleitet?; vgl. Strömberg Theophrastea 114), auch N. einer Distel, “χαμαιλέων λευκός, Atractylis gummifera’ (in dieser Bed. auch ἰξένη … — [Frisk, s.v. ἰξός, p. 760]

4. ἰξός · ixos — LSJ

oak-mistletoe, Hozanthus europaeus

oak-mistletoe, Hozanthus europaeus, Arist. GA 715b30, Dsc. 3.89.

2 mistletoe-berry

mistletoe-berry, Thphr. CP 2.17.8.

II birdlime

birdlime prepared from the mistletoe-berry, E. Cyc. 433; θηρευτὴς ἰ. AP 5.99.

b oak-gum

oak-gum, used for the same purpose, Ath. 10.451d, cf. Plu. Cor. 3, Philox. ap. Gal. 13.742.

c any sticky substance

any sticky substance, Hp. Mul. 1.74, IG 1(2).314.42 (ἱ-), 22.1673.63.

2 fixed

metaph., ἰ. ὀμμάτων of one who causes the eyes to be fixed upon him, Tim.Com. 2; ἐκφυγὼν τὸν ἰ. τὸν ἐν πράγματι Luc. Hist.Conscr. 57; καθάπερ ἰξῷ τινι προσέχεται τοῖς τοιούτοις ἡ ψυχή Id. Cat. 14.

b skinflint, miser

skinflint, miser, Ar. Fr. 718. (Prob. ϝιξός, cf. Lat. viscum, viscus.)

Where it came from

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