Ἰᾶπυξ
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
Ion. Ἰῆπυξ, ῠγος, ὁ,
A the NW.(or rather WNW.) wind,= ἀργέστης, Arist.Vent.973b14, Mu.394b26. II Ἰάπῠγες, Ion. Ἰήπῠγες, οἱ, a people of Southern Italy, Hdt.7.170: ἡ Ἰαπυγία, Ion. Ἰηπῠγίη, their
A country, ibid.:—Adj. Ἰᾱπύγιος, α, ον, Iapygian, ἄκρα Th.6.30.
