ὑοειδής [ῡ],ές,
A. shaped like the letter
Γ, φάλαγξ
Ascl. Tact. 11.7
.Adv. -δῶς,of the fission of a vein, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.7.1 .
II. esp.ὀστοῦν ὑ.thehyoidbone, at the base of the tongue, Ruf. Onom. 155 , Gal. 18(2) , 957 , UP 7.19 , al., Poll. 2.202 .