ἰγνύα,
Ionic dialect ἰγνύη, ἡ, the part behind the thigh and knee, ham, κατ᾽ ἰγνύην βεβλημένος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.212; παρ᾽ ἰγνύῃσιν ἕλιξε κέρκον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.242, compare 26.17, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.176 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), “APl.” 4.253: also in Prose, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 13, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 121 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ μόριον τὸ τῆς ἅλσεως κύριον (καλεῖται δὲ τοῦτο ἰγνύα) [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 515b8: _accusative_ _sing._ ἰγνύαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.50 M.; περὶ τὴν ἰγνύαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 11: _dative_ _plural_ ἰγνύαις LXX.1Ki.18.21, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.23] LXX+4th c.BC+]. —From a nominative ἰγνύς, ύος, ἡ, we find dative plural ἰγνύσι [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 152, variant in 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista [same place]: _accusative_ ἰγνύν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 494a8 (variant{-ύην}), 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 53; _dative_ ἰγνύι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.902: _genitive_ _plural_ ἰγνύων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 512b22, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.14: _accusative_ _plural_ ἰγνύας is indeterminate, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 26. [ῡ in ἰγνύη] Refs 4th c.BC+], see [same places]; but ῠ in ἰγνύων, ἰγνύσι.]