LOGOI

The corpus record

ψόα

psoa · ἡ

muscles of the loins

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What it meant — LSJ

1. ψόα · psoa

muscles of the loins

muscles of the loins (cf. ἀλώπηξ IV), Hp. Art. 45 (ψύας codd. MV), Nat.Hom. 11 (ψόας), cf. Oss. 18 (ψύαν), Morb.Sacr. 3 (ψύην), and LXX Le. 3.9, 2 Ki. 2.23, Ps. 37(38).8, al.; ψύαι Euphro 7, Clearch. 72, Aret. CD 2.3 (but ψόαι Id. SD 2.3); acc. pl. ψοιάς (v.l. ψύας, ψυάς) Polybus ap. Arist. HA 512b21: ψόα LXX Le. l.c. and three times in cod. Vat. of 2 Ki. (cod. Alex. ψοία) ; ψύαι Ps. l.c. (corrupted to ψυχή): acc. pl. ψόας in Bilabel Ὀψαρτ. p.11:—Hsch. has ψίαι, ψειαί, and ψυῖαι, also φοῦαι and

2. ψώα · psōa

rottenness, putrid stench

rottenness, putrid stench, A.R. Fr. 5: but ψῶα· μέρος περὶ τὸν ὦμον, Hdn. Epim. 155. ψωδαρέον· αὐχμηρόν, Hsch. (ψωραλέον Ruhnk.).

Where it came from

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