ας (ἡ) jarret, pli du genou, ARSTT. H.A. 3, 5, 4 ; PLUT. Artax. 11.

➳ Épq. et ion. -ύη, IL. 13, 212 ; HPC. Fract. 761 ; THCR. Idyl. 25, 242.

Étym. p. *ἐν-γνύ-η, cf. γόνυ ; v. ἰγνύς.

Ion. ἰγνύη, ἡ, the part behind the thigh and knee, ham, κατ’ ἰγνύην βεβλημένος Il. 13.212; παρ’ ἰγνύῃσιν ἕλιξε κέρκον Theoc. 25.242, cf. 26.17, AP 12.176 (Strat.), APl. 4.253; also in Prose, Hp. Fract. 13, Ruf. Onom. 121; τὸ μόριον τὸ τῆς ἅλσεως κύριον (< καλεῖται δὲ τοῦτο ἰγνύα) Arist. HA 515b8; acc. sg. ἰγνύαν Phld. Acad. Ind. p. 50 M. ; περὶ τὴν ἰγνύαν Plu. Art. 11; dat. pl. ἰγνύαις LXX 3 Ki. 18.21, Luc. VH 1.23. — From a nom. ἰγνύς, ύος, ἡ, we find dat. pl. ἰγνύσι h.Merc. 152, v.l. in Luc. l.c. ; acc. ἰγνύν Arist. HA 494a8 (v.l. -ύην), Agatharch. 53; dat. ἰγνύι Gal. 10.902; gen. pl. ἰγνύων Arist. HA 512b22, Herod. 1.14; acc. pl. ἰγνύας is indeterminate, Plu. Galb. 26. [υ in ἰγνύη, v. ll. cc. ; but υ in ἰγνύων, ἰγνύσι.]

u. ἰγνύη, ἡ, Kniekehle, Il. 13.212 u. Sp., wie Strat. 18 (XII.176) Ep.adesp. 269 (Plan. 253); ἰγνυῶν ὑφαίρεσις, das Beinstellen beim Ringen durch einen Stoß in die Kniekehle, vgl. Il. 23.726. – Auch in Prosa, Arist. H.A. 1.14 u. öfter, u. Sp.

the part behind the thigh and knee, the ham , Lat. poples, (Iliad by Homer) (ML)