ψόα
or ψύα, ἡ, more frequently in plural ψόαι or ψύαι, muscles of the loins (compare ἀλώπηξ IV), [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 45 (ψύας codices “MV), Nat.Hom.” 11 (ψόας),compare “Oss.” 18 (ψύαν), “Morb.Sacr.” 3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ψύην), and [[ LXX.Lev.3.9, LXX.2Ki.2.23, LXX.Psa.37(38).8, +others; ψύαι 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 7, 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 72, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.3 (but ψόαι [prev. author] “SD” 2.3)] LXX+4th c.BC+]; accusative plural ψοιάς (variant{ψύας},{ψυάς}) Polybus cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 512b21: ψόα LXX “Le.” ] LXX+4th c.BC+] [prev. cited] and three times in codex Vat. of [[ “2 Ki.” (codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor ψοία)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ψύαι [[ “Ps.” [prev. cited] (corrupted to ψυχή): _accusative_ _plural_ ψόας] Refs] in Bilabel Ὀψαρτ. [[ p.11:— 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus has ψίαι, ψειαί, and ψυῖαι, also φοῦαι and ψύλλες] Refs 5th c.AD+]: the word in all its spellings is declared un-Attic by [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 269, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.; the form ψύη was recognized by Irenaeus cited in Orion.col. 168. [ῠ in ψύαι, 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] [same place]; but ῡ in an Epic Fragm. in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.399a, ψύας ἔγχεϊ νύξε, where perhaps ψοίας should be written.] ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]