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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[oak-mistletoe]], [[Hozanthus europaeus]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>715b30</span>, Dsc. 3.89. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[mistletoe-berry]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.17.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[birdlime]] prepared from the mistletoe-berry, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>433</span>; <b class="b3">θηρευτὴς ἰ</b>. <span class="title">AP</span>5.99. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[oak-gum]], used for the same purpose, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.451d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>3</span>, Philox. ap. Gal.13.742. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[any sticky substance]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.74</span>, <span class="title">IG</span> 12.314.42 (ἱ-), 22.1673.63. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἰ. ὀμμάτων</b> of one who causes the eyes to be [[fixed]] upon him, <span class="bibl">Tim.Com.2</span>; ἐκφυγὼν τὸν ἰ. τὸν ἐν πράγματι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>57</span>; καθάπερ ἰξῷ τινι προσέχεται τοῖς τοιούτοις ἡ ψυχή <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[skinflint]], [[miser]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>718</span>. (Prob. [[ϝιξός]], cf. Lat. [[viscum]], [[viscus]].) </span>