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γυῖον

gyion

limb

Appears 49 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

γυῖον, τό, A. limb, Hom., always pl., in phrases such as γυῖα λέλυντο Il. 13.85; ὑπὸ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα 14.506; ὅπποτέ κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κάματος 4.230, etc., cf. A. Pers. 913 (lyr.), Id. Eleg. 3; γυῖα ποδῶν the feet, Il. 13.512; μητρὸς γυῖα womb, h.Merc. 20; γυῖα hands, Theoc. 22.81; γυῖον, sg., the hand, ib.121 (so prob. as device on signet, Tab.Heracl. 1.183); but γυῖον the whole body, Pi. N. 7.73, Hp. Epid. 6.4.26.—Not in Att. Prose: later, opp. στέρνα καὶ κεφαλή, Plu. Arist. 14.
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