ἴνεσι

ἴ̱νεσι, ἴς

fem dat pl

ἴ̱νεσι, ἴς

fem dat pl

ἴς (A) [ῑ], ἡ, gen. ἰνός, acc. ἶνα, nom.pl. ἶνες, dat.

A

ἴνεσι Il.23.191

, also

ἰσίν Sor.

(v. infr.), Suid. s.v. ἶνες, cj. Nauck for εἰσίν in A.Fr. 229:— sinew, tendon, sg. once in Hom.,

ὡς δ' ὅτ' 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 Ar. Pax86

, cf. Archil.138; ἶνες αὐτὸ μόνον καὶ λεπτὴ δορά, of a person wasted by disease, Ph.2.432; δοράς, σάρκας, ἶνας ib. 527: metaph.,

Τρωίας ἶνας ἐκταμὼν δορί Pi.I.8(7).57

.

2 later, the fibrous vessels in the muscles, Pl.Ti. 84a, Arist.HA 515b27, al.; in blood, fibrine, Id.PA 650b14, cf. Pl.Ti. 82c, Meno Iatr.17.34: metaph., of metals, Plu.2.434b.

3 rib in the leaves of plants, Thphr.HP3.12.7 (sg.).

4 strip of papyrus,

ταῖς τῶν χαρτῶν ἰσίν Sor.1.13

: sg., Gal.10.1000.

b λεπτὴ ἴς a small fibre of papyrus, Id.17(1).795.

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ἴς (B) [ῑ], ἡ, three times in acc. sg. ἶνα (elided ἶν') Il.5.245,7.269, Od.9.538, freq. in instr. ἶφι (q.v.), elsewh. only nom. sg.:—

A strength, force, of persons,

ἀλλ' ἄρα καὶ ἲς ἐσθλή Il.12.320

;

ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον 7.269

;

ἤ μοι ἔτ' ἐστὶν ἴς, οἵη πάρος.. Od.21.283

, cf. 11.393, 18.3: freq. in periphr., ἱερὴ ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο the strong Telemachus, 2.409;

κρατερὴ ἲς Ὀδυσῆος Il.23.720

;

ἲς Ἡρακλῆος Hes.Th. 951

; and in twofold periphr., ἲς βίης Ἡρακληείης ib. 332; also of things, ἲς ἀνέμου or ἀνέμοιο, Il.15.383, 17.739, Od.9.71;

ἲς ποταμοῖο Il.21.356

; κράται' ἴς was read by Ptol.Asc.in Od.11.597; v. κρατύς. ( ϝῑ-, cf. γίς· ἰσχύς, Hsch., pr. n.

ϝιφιάδας IG7.3172.70

, Lat. vis, vim; prob. cogn. with ἵεμαι but not with ἴς (A).)

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `sinew' (Hom., Hp., Archil., Ar.), `sinew of the neck' (Ρ 522), `vessels of the muscles, fibrine, of plants, ribs of leaves' (Pl., Arist., Thphr.); details of the botan. use in Strömberg Theophrastea 129ff.).

Other forms: mostly pl. ἶνες, dat. ἴνεσι, late ἰσίν, ἴναις.

Compounds: compp. ἄ-, πολύ-ϊνος `without, with many ἶνες' etc. (Thphr.; Strömberg 135).

Derivatives: ἰνίον n. `the sinews at the back of the head, the neck' (Il., Hp., Arist.; cf. κρανίον and Chantraine Formation 59); ἰνώδης `sinewy, fibrous' (X., Arist., Thphr.); prob. also ἰναία δύναμις H. (quite uncertain conj. Peripl. M. Rubr. 46); denomin. verbs: ἰνόω `provide with ἶνες, stengthen' (Hdn.), ἐξ-ινόω `remove the ἶνες, make powerless' (Lyc.), also ἐξ-ινίζω, - ινιάζω (Gal., Peripl. M. Rubr. a. o.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The question rises, whether ἴς `sinew' arose from a remarkable concretization of ἴς `strength' or was a separate word. Old is the assumption (e. g. G. Meyer Gr.³ 418), that the ν-stem inflexion ἶν-α, ἶν-ες etc. arose from an expected acc. (Ϝ)ῖν-α; in formal respect this gives a possible solution. - Scheftelowitz IF 33, 158f. assumes an independent word (Ϝ)ί̄ς, (Ϝ)ῑνός `sinew' (cf. γίς ἱμάς H.), from a verb `bow, bend' (s. ἴτυς, ἶρις).

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `sinew' (Hom., Hp., Archil., Ar.), `sinew of the neck' (Ρ 522), `vessels of the muscles, fibrine, of plants, ribs of leaves' (Pl., Arist., Thphr.); details of the botan. use in Strömberg Theophrastea 129ff.).

Other forms: mostly pl. ἶνες, dat. ἴνεσι, late ἰσίν, ἴναις.

Compounds: compp. ἄ-, πολύ-ϊνος `without, with many ἶνες' etc. (Thphr.; Strömberg 135).

Derivatives: ἰνίον n. `the sinews at the back of the head, the neck' (Il., Hp., Arist.; cf. κρανίον and Chantraine Formation 59); ἰνώδης `sinewy, fibrous' (X., Arist., Thphr.); prob. also ἰναία δύναμις H. (quite uncertain conj. Peripl. M. Rubr. 46); denomin. verbs: ἰνόω `provide with ἶνες, stengthen' (Hdn.), ἐξ-ινόω `remove the ἶνες, make powerless' (Lyc.), also ἐξ-ινίζω, - ινιάζω (Gal., Peripl. M. Rubr. a. o.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The question rises, whether ἴς `sinew' arose from a remarkable concretization of ἴς `strength' or was a separate word. Old is the assumption (e. g. G. Meyer Gr.³ 418), that the ν-stem inflexion ἶν-α, ἶν-ες etc. arose from an expected acc. (Ϝ)ῖν-α; in formal respect this gives a possible solution. - Scheftelowitz IF 33, 158f. assumes an independent word (Ϝ)ί̄ς, (Ϝ)ῑνός `sinew' (cf. γίς ἱμάς H.), from a verb `bow, bend' (s. ἴτυς, ἶρις).