ἰσχίον
ischion
hip-joint
Appears 40 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἰσχίον (parox.), τό, A. hip-joint, in which the thigh turns, κατʼ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσιν Il. 5.305, cf. 11.339, Od. 17.234, etc.; later τὸ κατʼ ἰσχίον ἄρθρον UP 15.8; also, the intra-capsular ligament of the hip-joint, 2.186; = κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ, Art. 53,58, TP 4.38. 2. in pl. (dual, 1.6), fleshy parts round the hip-joint, haunches, of a boar, ἰσχία τε γλουτούς τε Il. 8.340; of a lion, πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία 20.170; of a horse, Phdr. 254c, cf. e; freq. of men, ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν ἔς τε τὰ ἰ. καὶ τὰς λαπάρας 6.75, cf. Eq. 7.7; ἰσχίων φύσιν . . πρὸς τὰς ἀναπαύσεις χρήσιμον PA 689b15; τὰ ἰ. σαρκώδη ἐποίησεν [ἡ φύσις] ib.b14: hence, other animals are said to have no ἰ., ib. b6,33. II. later, the projecting part of the os innominatum, upon which man rests when sitting, 2.772.
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