ἰγνύα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ἰγνύη, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the part behind the thigh and knee, ham</b>, κατ' ἰγνύην βεβλημένος <span class="bibl">Il.13.212</span>; παρ' ἰγνύῃσιν ἕλιξε κέρκον <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.242</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">26.17</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>12.176 (Strat.), <span class="title">APl.</span>4.253: also in Prose, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>121</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μόριον τὸ τῆς ἅλσεως κύριον</b> (καλεῖται δὲ τοῦτο ἰγνύα) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>515b8</span>: acc. sg. ἰγνύαν <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Acad.Ind.</span>p.50</span> M.; περὶ τὴν ἰγνύαν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>11</span>: dat. pl. ἰγνύαις <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>18.21</span>, Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.23. —From a nom. ἰγνύς, ύος, ἡ, we find dat. pl. ἰγνύσι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>152</span>, v.l. in Luc. l.c.: acc. ἰγνύν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>494a8</span> (v.l. [[-ύην]]), <span class="bibl">Agatharch.53</span>; dat. ἰγνύι Gal.10.902: gen. pl. ἰγνύων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>512b22</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.1.14</span>: acc. pl. [[ἰγνύας]] is indeterminate, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Galb.</span>26</span>. [ῡ in [[ἰγνύη]], v. ll.cc.; but ῠ in <b class="b3">ἰγνύων, ἰγνύσι</b>.]</span>