ἰσχί-ον
(paroxytone), τό, hip-joint, in which the thigh turns, κατ᾽ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.305, compare 11.339, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.234, etc.; later τὸ κατ᾽ ἰσχίον ἄρθρον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 15.8 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, the intra-capsular ligament of the hip-joint, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.186 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ={κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ}, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53, 58, 5th c.AD: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “TP” 4.38. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in plural (dual, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Autocrates Comicus 1.6)] Refs 5th c.BC+], fleshy parts round the hip-joint, haunches, of a boar, ἰσχία τε γλουτούς τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.340 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a lion, πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία [[ 20.170 ] Refs]; of a horse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c, compare e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of men, ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν ἔς τε τὰ ἰ. καὶ τὰς λαπάρας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.75, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.7; ἰσχίων φύσιν.. πρὸς τὰς ἀναπαύσεις χρήσιμον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 689b15; τὰ ἰ. σαρκώδη ἐποίησεν [ἡ φύσις] [prev. work] b14: hence, other animals are said to have no ἰ., [prev. work] b6, 33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II later, the projecting part of the os innominatum, upon which man rests when sitting, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.772. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]