ἴυγξ
Ἡ γὰρ σιωπὴ μαρτυρεῖ τὸ μὴ θέλειν → Hominem non velle significat silentium → Das Schweigen zeugt davon, dass der, der schweigt, nicht will
English (LSJ)
ἴυγγος, ἡ, (ἰύζω, cf. Dam.Pr.213),
A wryneck, Iynx torquilla, Arist.HA504a12, PA695a23, Ael.NA6.19; used as a charm to recover unfaithful lovers, being bound to a revolving wheel, ἴ. τετράκναμος Pi.P.4.214, cf. AP5.204; ἕλκειν ἴυγγα ἐπί τινι X.Mem.3.11.18; ἴ. ἕλκε τὺ τῆνον ἐμὸν ποτὶ δῶμα Theoc.2.17: metaph., ἕλκομαι ἴυγγι ἦτορ as by the magic wheel, Pi.N.4.35; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ἴυγγος τῷ κάλλει ἑλκόμενος Luc.Dom.13. 2 metaph., spell, charm, τῇ σῇ ληφθέντες ἴυγγι Ar.Lys.1110, cf. S.Fr.474 (prob. cj.), Lyc.310, D.L. 6.76, Plu.2.1093d (prob. cj. in 568a), Philostr.VA8.7 (pl.), Hld.8.5; passionate yearning for, ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων A.Pers.989. 3 in pl., name of certain 'Chaldaic' divinities, Procl.in R.2.213K., in Cra.p.33 P., Dam.Pr.111, al.: in sg., ἡ πρώτη ἴ. ib.217, cf. 213. 4 = σῦριγξ μονοκάλαμος, EM480.1. [ῑ Ep. and Pi.; ῐ Att.]
