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|Definition=ἡ, gen. [[ὀσφύος]]: acc. [[ὀσφῦν]], also<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὀσφύα ''AP''12.213 (Strat.): —[[loin]] or [[loins]], [[lower]] [[part]] of the [[back]], Epich.80, Hp.Aët.20,''Aph.''3.23, Arist.''HA''493a22, al.; opp. [[κῶλα]], [[ὦμοι]], A.''Pr.''497, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.40; [[loin]] of a [[victim]], ''SIG''57.9 (Milet., v B. C.), 1037.2 (iv/iii B. C.), Pherecr.23.4, Ar.''Pax''1053, ''Lys.''964, Men.319.12; of wasps, <b class="b3">ἔχουσι κέντρον ἐκ τῆς ὀ.</b> Ar.''V.''225, cf. 740 (anap.); of a [[horse]], X.''Eq.''1.12; of a fish, Antiph. 132.6(anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> Hellenist., metaph., [[ὁ καρπὸς τῆς ὀσφύος]], of a [[son]], ''Act.Ap.''2.30, cf. [[LXX]] ''Ge.''35.11, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[περιζώννυσθαι]] or [[ἀναζώννυσθαι]] τὴν ὀσφύν = [[gird]] up one's [[loins]], ib.''Je.''1.17; [[βυσσίνῳ]] ib.''Da.''10.5, cf. ''Ev.Luc.''12.35. [ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., which are accented [[ὀσφῦς]], [[ὀσφῦν]] by Hdn.Gr.2.937; [[ὀσφύς]], ὀσφύν freq. in codd., and this may be admitted for late writers: cf. [[ὀφρῦς]].]