ἴς
is
Appears 26 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἴς (A) [ῑ], ἡ, gen. ἰνός, acc. ἶνα, nom.pl. ἶνες, dat. ἴνεσι Il. 23.191, also ἰσίν (v. infr.), s.v. ἶνες, cj. Nauck for εἰσίν in Fr. 229:— A. sinew, tendon, sg. once in , ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἂν . . ἀνὴρ . . ἶνα τάμῃ διὰ πᾶσαν Il. 17.522: usu. in pl., sinews, οὐ γὰρ ἔτι σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα ἲνες ἔχουσιν Od. 11.219, cf. Il. 23.191; ἶνες ἄρθρων Pax 86, cf. 138; ἶνες αὐτὸ μόνον καὶ λεπτὴ δορά, of a person wasted by disease, 2.432; δοράς, σάρκας, ἶνας ib.527: metaph., Τρωίας ἶνας ἐκταμὼν δορί I. 8(7).57. 2. later, the fibrous vessels in the muscles, Ti. 84a, HA 515b27, al.; in blood, fibrine, PA 650b14, cf. Ti. 82c, Iatr. 17.34: metaph., of metals, 2.434b. 3. rib in the leaves of plants, HP 3.12.7 (sg.). 4. strip of papyrus, ταῖς τῶν χαρτῶν ἰσίν 1.13: sg., 10.1000. b. λεπτὴ ἴς a small fibre of papyrus, 17(1).795.
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