ἰός

See also: ιός, Ίος, and -ιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *ihwós, a thematicization of Proto-Indo-European *(H)isu- (arrow). Cognates include Sanskrit इषु (íṣu, arrow) and Avestan 𐬌𐬱𐬎 (išu, arrow).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῑ̓ός • (īós) m (genitive ῑ̓οῦ); second declension

  1. arrow
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.48:
      ἕζετ’ ἔπειτ’ ἀπάνευθε νεῶν, μετὰ δ’ ἰὸν ἕηκε
      hézet’ épeit’ apáneuthe neôn, metà d’ iòn héēke
      Then he sat down apart from the ships and let fly an arrow.
Inflection

Heteroclitic neuter plural:

Derived terms
  • ἰαφέτης (iaphétēs)
  • ἰοβόλος (iobólos)
  • ἰοδόκος (iodókos)
  • ἰοτυπής (iotupḗs)
  • ἰοχέαιρα (iokhéaira)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hellenic *wihós, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (fluidity, slime, poison). Cognates include Sanskrit विष (víṣa), Latin vīrus, Tocharian A wäs, Tocharian B wase, and Middle Irish .[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῑ̓ός • (īós) m (genitive ῑ̓οῦ); second declension

  1. poison, venom
    • :
      καὶ μὴ τυχοῦσαι πράγματος νικηφόρου, χώρᾳ μεταῦθις ἰὸς ἐκ φρονημάτων πέδοι πεσὼν ἄφερτος αἰανὴς νόσος
      kaì mḕ tukhoûsai prágmatos nikēphórou, khṓrāi metaûthis iòs ek phronēmátōn pédoi pesṑn áphertos aianḕs nósos
      And if they fail to win their cause, the venom from their resentment will fall upon the ground, an intolerable, perpetual plague afterwards in the land.
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ἰοβόλος (iobólos)
  • ἰοβόρος (iobóros)
  • ἰοδόκος (iodókos)
  • ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)
  • ἰόεις (ióeis)
  • ἰολόχευτος (iolókheutos)
  • ἰομιγής (iomigḗs)
  • ἰοτόκος (iotókos)
  • ἰοφόρος (iophóros)
  • ἰώδης (iṓdēs)
Descendants
  • Greek: ιός m (iós, venom)

Etymology 3

Uncertain. May be of the same origin as Etymology 2.[3]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῑ̓ός • (īós) m (genitive ῑ̓οῦ); second declension

  1. rust, verdigris
    • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 609a:
      κακὸν ἑκάστῳ τι καὶ ἀγαθὸν λέγεις; οῖον ὀφθαλμοῖς ὀφθαλμίαν [] χαλκῷ δὲ καὶ σιδήρῳ ἰόν
      kakòn hekástōi ti kaì agathòn légeis? oîon ophthalmoîs ophthalmían [] khalkôi dè kaì sidḗrōi ión
      Do you say that there is for everything its special good and evil, as for the eyes ophthalmia [] and for bronze and iron rust?
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ἰάζω (iázō)
  • ἰίζω (iízō)
  • ἰόομαι (ióomai)
  • ἰοποίησις (iopoíēsis)
  • ἰώδης (iṓdēs)

Etymology 4

Expansion of original feminine-only pronoun ἴᾱ (íā), from *(h₁)éy.[4]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ῐός • (iós) m (feminine ῐ̓́ᾰ, neuter ῐ̓όν); first/second declension

  1. selfsame; identical
Inflection

Further reading

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῑ̓ός 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 595
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῑ̓ός 3”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 595
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῑ̓ός 4”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 595
  4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἴα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 571
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