γυῖον

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A limb, Hom., always pl., in phrases such as γυῖα λέλυντο Il.13.85; ὑπὸ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα 14.506; ὅπποτέ κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κάματος 4.230, etc., cf. A.Pers.913 (lyr.), Id.Eleg.3; γυῖα ποδῶν the feet, Il.13.512; μητρὸς γυῖα womb, h.Merc.20; γυῖα hands, Theoc. 22.81; γυῖον, sg., the hand, ib.121 (so prob. as device on signet, Tab.Heracl.1.183); but γυῖον the whole body, Pi.N.7.73, Hp.Epid.6.4.26.—Not in Att. Prose: later, opp. στέρνα καὶ κεφαλή, Plu.Arist.14.