ἰξύς
ύος, ἡ
A.
waist, of women, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ’ ἰξυῖ (contr. for ἰξύϊ) Od. 5.231, cf. Longus 1.4; of a man, Arat. 310; of centaurs, Opp. C. 2.6; of a deer, APl. 4.96: pl., ἰξύες,οἱ, loins, Hp. Fract. 20, cf. Gal. 19.106: sg.,= ὀσφύς, [Id.]14.706. (Perh. akin to ἰσχύς, cf. ἰσχίον.)[υ in nom. and acc. sg., Choerob. in Theod. 1.331; υ in trisyll. cases.]