ἰγνύα

See also: ιγνύα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰγνύη (ignúē) — Ionic, Epic
• ἰγνύς (ignús)

Etymology

A hypostasis *ἐν-γνύ-α (*en-gnú-a, “place in the knee”). The stem ἰγνύς (ignús) was formed after ἰξύς (ixús, “waist, loins”) and ὀσφῦς (osphûs, “hips or loins”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ɡný.aː/ → /iˈɣny.a/ → /iˈɣni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɡný.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈɡny.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈɣny.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈɣny.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈɣni.a/

Noun

ἰγνῠ́ᾱ • (ignúā) f (genitive ἰγνῠ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (anatomy) part behind the thigh and knee, ham, popliteus

   Synonym: κώληψ (kṓlēps)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἰγνῠ́ᾱ; τῆς ἰγνῠ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰγνῠ́ᾱ hē ignúā	τὼ ἰγνῠ́ᾱ tṑ ignúā	αἱ ἰγνῠ́αι hai ignúai
Genitive	τῆς ἰγνῠ́ᾱς tês ignúās	τοῖν ἰγνῠ́αιν toîn ignúain	τῶν ἰγνῠῶν tôn ignuôn
Dative	τῇ ἰγνῠ́ᾳ têi ignúāi	τοῖν ἰγνῠ́αιν toîn ignúain	ταῖς ἰγνῠ́αις taîs ignúais
Accusative	τὴν ἰγνῠ́ᾱν tḕn ignúān	τὼ ἰγνῠ́ᾱ tṑ ignúā	τᾱ̀ς ἰγνῠ́ᾱς tā̀s ignúās
Vocative	ἰγνῠ́ᾱ ignúā	ἰγνῠ́ᾱ ignúā	ἰγνῠ́αι ignúai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ιγνύα (ignýa)

References

• “ἰγνύα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰγνύα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰγνύα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN