- ἰξύ̄ς
- ἰξύ̄ς, -ῠ́οςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `waist, loins' (ε 231 = κ 544, Hp., hell. poetry);Other forms: DELG gives -ῡ́ος, LSJ says short υ in trisyll. forms.Derivatives: Adv. ἰξυόθεν (Arat.); also ἰξύα, -η (EM).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation like ὀσφύς, νηδύς, δελφύς etc.; ἰξύα after δελφύα, ἰγνύη a. o. (Schwyzer 463). Unexplained. Bq thinks of ἰσχίον (cf. ἰξός : viscum a. o.); Froehde BB 8, 162 (s. W.-Hofmann s. īlia) connects it with Lat. īlia pl. `id.'. - The word may be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,729
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
