ἰξός
κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A oak-mistletoe, Hozanthus europaeus, Arist.GA715b30, Dsc. 3.89. 2 mistletoe-berry, Thphr.CP2.17.8. II birdlime prepared from the mistletoe-berry, E.Cyc.433; θηρευτὴς ἰ. AP5.99. b oak-gum, used for the same purpose, Ath.10.451d, cf. Plu.Cor.3, Philox. ap. Gal.13.742. c any sticky substance, Hp.Mul.1.74, IG 12.314.42 (ἱ-), 22.1673.63. 2 metaph., ἰ. ὀμμάτων of one who causes the eyes to be fixed upon him, Tim.Com.2; ἐκφυγὼν τὸν ἰ. τὸν ἐν πράγματι Luc.Hist.Conscr.57; καθάπερ ἰξῷ τινι προσέχεται τοῖς τοιούτοις ἡ ψυχή Id.Cat.14. b skinflint, miser, Ar.Fr.718. (Prob. ϝιξός, cf. Lat. viscum, viscus.)
