ἰγνύα

English (LSJ)

Ion. ἰγνύη, ἡ,

   A the part behind the thigh and knee, ham, κατ' ἰγνύην βεβλημένος Il.13.212; παρ' ἰγνύῃσιν ἕλιξε κέρκον Theoc.25.242, cf. 26.17, AP12.176 (Strat.), APl.4.253: also in Prose, Hp.Fract.13, Ruf.Onom.121; τὸ μόριον τὸ τῆς ἅλσεως κύριον (καλεῖται δὲ τοῦτο ἰγνύα) Arist.HA515b8: acc. sg. ἰγνύαν Phld.Acad.Ind.p.50 M.; περὶ τὴν ἰγνύαν Plu.Art.11: dat. pl. ἰγνύαις LXX 3 Ki.18.21, Luc.VH1.23. —From a nom. ἰγνύς, ύος, ἡ, we find dat. pl. ἰγνύσι h.Merc.152, v.l. in Luc. l.c.: acc. ἰγνύν Arist.HA494a8 (v.l. -ύην), Agatharch.53; dat. ἰγνύι Gal.10.902: gen. pl. ἰγνύων Arist.HA512b22, Herod.1.14: acc. pl. ἰγνύας is indeterminate, Plu.Galb.26. [ῡ in ἰγνύη, v. ll.cc.; but ῠ in ἰγνύων, ἰγνύσι.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 1235] u. ἰγνύη, ἡ, Kniekehle, Il. 13, 212 u. Sp., wie Strat. 18 (XII, 176) Ep. ad. 269 (Plan. 253); ἰγνυῶν ὑφαίρεσις, das Beinstellen beim Ringen durch einen Stoß in die Kniekehle, vgl. Il. 23, 726. – Auch in Prosa, Arist. H. A. 1, 14 u. öfter, u. Sp.