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ἰξύς

ixus

waist, loins

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1. ἰξῦς · ixys — Beekes

ἰξῦς, -ὅος [f.] ‘waist, loins’ (Ε 231 = κ 544, Hp., Hell. poetry). *DER Adverb ἰξυόθεν (Arat.); also ἰξύα, -η (EM). *ETYM Formation like ὀσφύς, νηδύς, δελφύς, etc; ἰξύα was created after δελφύα, iyvin, et al. (Schwyzer: 463). Etymological relation with Lat. ilia [pl] ‘side of the body’ is improbable. Fur.: 393 proposed to connect » ἰσχίον ‘hip’; if correct, the word is Pre-Greek because of the variation. … — [Beekes, s.v. ἰξῦς, p. 641]

2. ἰξύς · ixys — Chantraine

ἰξύς, doc : la région des reins, dit pour une femme dans Od. 5,231 = 10,544; en outre Hp., poésie hellén. et tardive ; chez Gal, est synonyme α᾽ ὀσφύς ; d'où ἰξυόθεν «venant des reins » (Arat.); avec les doublets ἰξύα (EM 770,18), Ebn (ibid. 686,24). El.: Vieux nom de partie du corps, thème en ü, comme ὀσφύς, ete. Deux étymologies ont été données : 1) rapprochement avec lat. flia «flancs», οἱ, Walde-Hofmann s.u, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἰξύς, p. 479]

3. ἰξύς · ixys — Frisk

ἰξύς, -Öoc f. “die Weichen, die Lendengegend’ (ε 231 = x 544, Hp., hell. u. späte Dichtung); Adv. i£u6der (Arat.); daneben ἰξύα, -n (EM). Bildung wie ὀσφύς, νηδύς, δελφύς usw.; ἰξύα nach δελφύα, ἰγνύη u.a. (Schwyzer 463). Nicht befriedigend erklärt. Bq denkt an ἰσχίον (vgl. ἰξός - viscum u.a.); Froehde BB 8, 162 u. A. (s. W.-Hofmann s. δα) verbindet es mit lat. ?ha pl. “die Weichen’, was immerhin Beachtung zu … — [Frisk, s.v. ἰξύς, p. 761]

4. ἰξύς · ixys — Frisk

ἰξύς, ἰσχίον; daselbst auch über Bedeutung und Gebrauch (ioyös als volkstümlich von Hom. vermieden?). — [Frisk, s.v. ἰξύς, p. 775]

5. ἰξύς · ixys — Frisk

ἰξύς. 5. zu ἰσχύς Nachtr. — Chantr. erinnert (zögernd) an Ἰξίων. — [Frisk, s.v. ἰξύς, p. 2238]

6. ἰξύς · ixys — LSJ

waist, loins

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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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἰξύς (scan p. 641; entry #2741).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἰξύς (scan p. 479; entry #3395).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰξύς (scan p. 761; entry #2620).

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