ἰγνύς
From LSJ
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow
German (Pape)
[Seite 1235] ύος, ἡ, = ἰγνύα, H. h. Merc. 152; accus. auch ἰγνύα, für ἰγνύν, Theocr. 26, 17; vgl. Arist. H. A. 3, 5.