ἵξις, Ion.
ἴξις,,εως,ἡ, (ἵκω)
A. coming, E. Tr. 396 (prob.l.); οὐ πτύσις ἀλλ' ἀναγωγὴ καλέεται, τῆς ἄνω ἴξιος [τῆς ὁδοῦ] τοὔνομα ἔχουσα
Aret. SA 2.2
; οἶνος ὠκὺς ἐς τὴν ἄνω ἴξιν
Id. CA 2.4
.
2. passage through,οὐδαμῆ . . κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θώρηκος ἴ. Hp. Acut. 15 (but perh. simply, 'at no pointintheθ.'); ἵξιν παρέχεσθαιallowfree passage, dub. in Sch. Epicur. Ep. 1p.8U. (fort.εἶξιν).
II. direction, straight line, esp.vertical line,καθημένῳ πόδες ἐς τὴν ἄνω ἴ. κατ' ἰθὺ γούνασιhis feet when he is seated should bevorticallyopposite his knees, Hp. Off. 3 ;ἐπιδεῖν δεξιὰ ἐπ' ἀριστερά, ἀριστερὰ ἐπὶ δεξιά, πλὴν κεφαλῆς: ταύτην δὲ κατ' ἴξιν vertically, ib. 9 ;βάλλεσθαι χρὴ τὸ ὀθόνιον κατ' αὐτὴν τὴν ἴ. τοῦ ἕλκεοςdirectlyoverthe wound, Id. Fract. 26 ;τοὺς νάρθηκας . . μὴ κατὰ τὴν ἴ. τοῦ ἕλκεος προστιθέναιibid.;ὁκόσα κοινωνεῖ τοῖσι τῆς κνήμης ὀστέοισι καὶ αὐτέῃ τῇ ἴξειib. 9 codd. ( κατὰ τὴν ἴξιν
Gal. 18(2).423
;κατ' αὐτὴν τὴν ἴ. Ermerins).
2. κατ' ἴξινc. gen.,corresponding to, on the same side as,ἤλγησεν κατὰ βουβῶνα, σπληνὸς κατ' ἴ., i.e. on the spleen or left side of the body, Hp. Epid. 1.26 .γ́, cf. 4.35 , 37 , Art. 33 , Fract. 16 , 18 , Mul. 1.17 ;τῶν ὀδόντων τῶν τε ἄνω καὶ τῶν κάτω κατ' ἴ. Id. Art. 31 ;= ex ipsa parte, Cass.Fel. 37 ;ἐν πυρετοῖσι ἀπὸ σπληνὸς καὶ ἥπατος διὰ ῥινῶν αἱμορραγέουσι, κατ' ἴ. τοῦ σπλάγχνου τοῦ μυκτῆρος ῥέοντοςthe nostrilcorresponding tothe organ in question, Aret. SA 2.2 ;ἡ κατ' ἴ. κληίςthecorresponding(i.e. liver or right side) collarbone, ib. 2.7 , cf. CA 1.10 ;κατὰ τὴν ὄπισθεν ἴ.at the backof the leg, Hp. Art. 60 .