ἰατρός

See also: ιατρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ἰάομαι (iáomai, heal) +‎ -τρος (-tros, masculine agent-noun suffix).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ῑ̓ᾱτρός • (īātrósm (genitive ῑ̓ᾱτροῦ); second declension (Attic, Koine)

    1. physician; surgeon; medical doctor

    Declension

    Derived terms

    • ᾰ̓ρχῑ́ᾱτρος (ărkhī́ātros)
    • ῑ̓ᾱτήρ (īātḗr)
    • ῑ̓ᾱτός (īātós)
    • ῑ̓ᾱτρείᾱ (īātreíā)
    • ῑ̓ᾱτρεύω (īātreúō)
    • ῑ̓ᾱτρῐκός (īātrĭkós)
    • ῑ̓ᾱτρόμᾰντῐς (īātrómăntĭs)
    • ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρός (hĭppīātrós)
    • ῐ̔πποῑ̈́ᾱτρος (hĭppoī̈́ātros)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἰάομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573

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