ἰξύς,ύος,ἡ,
A. waist, of women,περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ' ἰξυῖ( contr. forἰξύϊ) Od. 5.231 , cf. Longus 1.4 ; of a man, Arat. 310 ; of centaurs, Opp. C. 2.6 ; of a deer, APl. 4.96 : pl.,ἰξύες,οἱ ,loins, Hp. Fract. 20 , cf. Gal. 19.106 : sg.,=ὀσφύς, [Id.] 14.706 . (Perh. akin toἰσχύς, cf.ἰσχίον.)[ῡin nom. and acc. sg., Choerob. in Theod. 1.331 ;ῠin trisyll. cases.]