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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[oak mistletoe]], [[Loranthus europaeus]], Arist.''GA''715b30, Dsc. 3.89.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[mistletoe berry]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 2.17.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[birdlime]] prepared from the mistletoe-berry, E.''Cyc.''433; <b class="b3">θηρευτὴς ἰ.</b> ''AP''5.99.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[oak gum]], used for the same purpose, Ath.10.451d, cf. Plu.''Cor.''3, Philox. ap. Gal.13.742.<br><span class="bld">c</span> any [[sticky]] [[substance]], Hp.''Mul.''1.74, ''IG'' 12.314.42 (ἱ-), 22.1673.63.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἰ. ὀμμάτων</b> of one who causes the eyes to be [[fixed]] upon him, Tim.Com.2; ἐκφυγὼν τὸν ἰ. τὸν ἐν πράγματι Luc.''Hist.Conscr.''57; καθάπερ ἰξῷ τινι προσέχεται τοῖς τοιούτοις ἡ ψυχή Id.''Cat.''14.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[skinflint]], [[miser]], Ar.''Fr.''718. (Prob. [[ϝιξός]], cf. Lat. [[viscum]], [[viscus]].)