ἰγνύα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἰγνύη]], ἡ, [[the part behind the thigh and knee]], [[ham]], κατ' ἰγνύην βεβλημένος Il.13.212; παρ' ἰγνύῃσιν ἕλιξε κέρκον Theoc.25.242, cf. 26.17, ''AP''12.176 (Strat.), ''APl.''4.253: also in Prose, Hp.''Fract.''13, Ruf.''Onom.''121; <b class="b3">τὸ μόριον τὸ τῆς ἅλσεως κύριον</b> (καλεῖται δὲ τοῦτο ἰγνύα) Arist.''HA''515b8: acc. sg. ἰγνύαν Phld.''Acad.Ind.''p.50 M.; περὶ τὴν ἰγνύαν Plu.''Art.''11: dat. pl. ἰγνύαις [[LXX]] ''3 Ki.''18.21, Luc.''VH''1.23. —From a nom. ἰγνύς, ύος, ἡ, we find dat. pl. ἰγνύσι ''h.Merc.''152, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Luc. [[l.c.]]: acc. ἰγνύν Arist.''HA''494a8 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -ύην), Agatharch.53; dat. ἰγνύι Gal.10.902: gen. pl. ἰγνύων Arist.''HA''512b22, Herod.1.14: acc. pl. [[ἰγνύας]] is indeterminate, Plu.''Galb.''26. [ῡ in [[ἰγνύη]], v. ll.cc.; but ῠ in [[ἰγνύων]], [[ἰγνύσι]].]