1706PolluxJ

Fragments from the book Pollux J. Iuliu Polydeukus Onomasticum Graece & Latine (1706). In Greek, the author refers to ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) as "νεῦρον" and also points out the synonym "ἰσχίον". This term was used by Rufus of Ephesus (2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV). The fragment of the Onomasticum dealing with the LCF was quoted by Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia (1603IngrassiaeIP).

Quote p. 245

Lib. II, Cap. IV, Segm. 186

[Grc]

καιλεῖται δὲ καὶ τὸ νεῦρον, τὸ συνέχον τὴν κοτύλην πρὸς τὸν μηρὸν, ἰσχίον. ὁμώνυμον δέ ἐστιν αὖτῷ καὶ τὸ ἄρθρον. καὶ τὸ μὲν τῇ κοτύλῃ συνηρμοσμένον στρογγύλον ὀστοῦν, μηροῦ κεφαλὴ καλεῖται.

[Lat]

Nervus etiam coxam femori colligans, ἰσχίον dicitur. codemque nomine, & ipse articulus nominatur. Os vero volubile coxendici conjundum, femoris caput appellatur.

Translation

[Eng]

The sinew connecting the pelvis to the thigh is called ἰσχίον. The joint is named by the same name, but the rotating bone connected to the pelvis is called the femoral head.

External links

Pollux J. Iuliu Polydeukus Onomasticum Graece & Latine. Post egregiam illam Wolfgangi Seberi editionem…. Amstelaedami, Ex Officina Wetsteniana, 1706. [books.google]

Ingrassiae IP. In Galeni librum de ossibus doctissima et expectatissima commentaria, nunc primum sedulo in lucem edita, ... quibus appositus est graecus galeni ... Panormi: ex Typographia Io. Baptistae Maringhi, MDCIII [1603]. [books.google]

Authors & Affiliations

Ἰούλιος Πολυδεύκης (Julius Pollux, Ioulios Polydeukes; II-III cent. / ca. 180-238) was a Greek scholar and rhetorician. He was a contemporary of the Roman Emperor Commodus (161-192). [pust.urbe.it , wikipedia.org]

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, synonym, role

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