ὀσφῦς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. [[ὀσφύος]]: acc. [[ὀσφῦν]], also <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὀσφύα <span class="title">AP</span>12.213 (Strat.): —[[lion]] or <b class="b2">loins, lower part of the back</b>, <span class="bibl">Epich.80</span>, Hp.[[Aët]].20,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aph.</span>3.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>493a22</span>, al.; opp. <b class="b3">κῶλα, ὦμοι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>497</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.40</span>; [[loin]] of a victim, <span class="title">SIG</span>57.9 (Milet., v B. C.), 1037.2 (iv/iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Pherecr.23.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1053</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>964</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.319.12</span>; of wasps, <b class="b3">ἔχουσι κέντρον ἐκ τῆς ὀ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>225</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">740</span> (anap.); of a horse, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.12</span>; of a fish, <span class="bibl">Antiph. 132.6</span>(anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Hellenist., metaph., <b class="b3">ὁ καρπὸς τῆς ὀ</b>., of a son, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>2.30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>35.11</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[περιζώννυσθαι]] or <b class="b3">ἀναζώννυσθαι τὴν ὀσφύν</b> gird up one's [[loins]], ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Je.</span>1.17</span>; [[βυσσίνῳ]] ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Da.</span>10.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>12.35</span>. [ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., which are accented <b class="b3">ὀσφῦς, ὀσφῦν</b> by Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.937</span>; <b class="b3">ὀσφύς, -ύν</b> freq. in codd., and this may be admitted for late writers: cf. [[ὀφρῦς]].]</span>