ἰξύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to ὀσφῦς (osphûs), δελφύς (delphús) and νηδύς (nēdús). Etymological relation with Latin īlia (“side of the body”) is improbable. Furnée proposed to connect ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”); if correct, the word is Pre-Greek because of the variation.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ik.sy̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikˈsys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ikˈsys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ikˈsys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ikˈsis/

Noun

ἰξῡ́ς • (ixū́s) f (genitive ἰξῠ́ος); third declension

(anatomy) waist, loins

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἰξῡ́ς; τῆς ἰξῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰξῡ́ς hē ixū́s	τὼ ἰξῠ́ε tṑ ixŭ́e	αἱ ἰξῠ́ες hai ixŭ́es
Genitive	τῆς ἰξῠ́ος tês ixŭ́os	τοῖν ἰξῠ́οιν toîn ixŭ́oin	τῶν ἰξῠ́ων tôn ixŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ἰξῠ́ῐ̈ tēî ixŭ́ĭ̈	τοῖν ἰξῠ́οιν toîn ixŭ́oin	ταῖς ἰξῠ́σῐ / ἰξῠ́σῐν taîs ixŭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἰξῡ́ν tḕn ixū́n	τὼ ἰξῠ́ε tṑ ixŭ́e	τᾱ̀ς ἰξῦς / ἰξῠ́ᾰς tā̀s ixûs / ixŭ́ăs
Vocative	ἰξῡ́ ixū́	ἰξῠ́ε ixŭ́e	ἰξῠ́ες ixŭ́es
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰξύα (ixúa)
ἰξυόθεν (ixuóthen)