ψόα
Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not
English (LSJ)
or ψύα, ἡ, more freq. in pl. ψόαι or ψύαι,
A muscles of the loins (cf. ἀλώπηξ IV), Hp.Art.45 (ψύας codd.MV), Nat.Hom.11 (ψόας), cf. Oss. 18 (ψύαν), Morb.Sacr.3 (ψύην), and LXX Le.3.9, 2 Ki.2.23, Ps.37(38).8, al.; ψύαι Euphro 7, Clearch.72, Aret.CD2.3 (but ψόαι Id.SD2.3); acc. pl. ψοιάς (v.l. ψύας, ψυάς) Polybus ap.Arist.HA512b21: ψόα LXX Le. l.c. and three times in cod. Vat. of 2 Ki. (cod.Alex. ψοία) ; ψύαι Ps. l.c. (corrupted to ψυχή): acc. pl. ψόας in Bilabel Ὀψαρτ. p.11:—Hsch. has ψίαι, ψειαί, and ψυῖαι, also φοῦαι and ψύλλες: the word in all its spellings is declared un-Attic by Phryn.269, Phot.; the form ψύη was recognized by Irenaeus ap. Orion.col.168. [ῠ in ψύαι, Euphro l. c.; but ῡ in an Epic Fragm. in Ath.9.399a, ψύας ἔγχεϊ νύξε, where perh. ψοίας shd. be written.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 1401] ἡ, auch ψοιά, gew. im plur. ψόαι, ψοιαί, αἱ, die Lendengegend, das Lendenfleisch, bis in die Gegend der Nieren, bes. die innern Lendenmuskeln, richtiger ψύα, s. Lob. Phryn. 300 ff.
