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ἰσχίον
ἰσχίον
Ancient Greek
Noun
ἰσχίον • (iskhíon) n (genitive ἰσχίου); second declension
- hip-joint
- Iliad (3.305) κατ᾽ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσιν "[he smote Aeneas] on the hip, where the thigh turns in the hip joint,—the cup, men call it" (trans. Murray 1924)
- area around the hip-joint; haunch
Inflection
Second declension of ἰσχίον, ἰσχίου
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἰσχίον | τὼ ἰσχίω | τὰ ἰσχίᾰ |
| Genitive | τοῦ ἰσχίου | τοῖν ἰσχίοιν | τῶν ἰσχίων |
| Dative | τῷ ἰσχίῳ | τοῖν ἰσχίοιν | τοῖς ἰσχίοις |
| Accusative | τὸ ἰσχίον | τὼ ἰσχίω | τὰ ἰσχίᾰ |
| Vocative | ἰσχίον | ἰσχίω | ἰσχίᾰ |
Descendants
References
- ἰσχίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἰσχίον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἰσχίον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἰσχίον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἰσχίον» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963