1. ἰξῦς · ixys — Beekes
The corpus record
ἰξύς
ixus
waist, loins
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Where it lives
- Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
What it meant
2. ἰξύς · ixys — Chantraine
3. ἰξύς · ixys — Frisk
4. ἰξύς · ixys — Frisk
5. ἰξύς · ixys — Frisk
6. ἰξύς · ixys — LSJ
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.]
In the wild
- ἰξυῖ · ixyi Odyssey 10.544
- ἰξυῖ · ixyi Odyssey 5.231
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἰξύς (scan p. 641; entry #2741).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἰξύς (scan p. 479; entry #3395).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰξύς (scan p. 761; entry #2620).
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