Ἶρις

See also: ίρις and ἶρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ϝῖρῐς (wîrĭs)
Ancient Greek ἶρῐς (îrĭs)
Ancient Greek Ἶρῐς

    From ἶρῐς (îrĭs, “rainbow; halo”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Ἶρῐς • (Îrĭs) f (genitive Ῑ̓́ρῐδος); third declension

    1. (Greek mythology) Iris

    Declension

    Third declension of ἡ Ἶρῐς; τῆς Ῑ̓́ρῐδος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular
    Nominative ἡ Ἶρῐς
    hē Îrĭs
    Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓́ρῐδος
    tês Ī́rĭdos
    Dative τῇ Ῑ̓́ρῐδῐ
    tēî Ī́rĭdĭ
    Accusative τὴν Ἶρῐν / Ῑ̓́ρῐδᾰ
    tḕn Îrĭn / Ī́rĭdă
    Vocative Ἶρῐ
    Îrĭ
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
    • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

    Descendants

    • Greek: Ίρις (Íris); Ίριδα (Írida)
    • Latin: Īris
    • Spanish: arco iris

    Further reading

    • “Ἶρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “Ἶρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
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