Isis

See also: ISIS, Ísis, and isis

Translingual

Etymology

Latin Īsis, the goddess Isis, from Ancient Greek Ἶσῐς (Îsis).

Proper noun

Isis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Isididae – typical deep-sea bamboo corals.

Hypernyms

References


English

Isis as shown in Egyptian art

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪsəs/, /ˈaɪsɪs/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis).

Proper noun

Isis

  1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic.
  2. (astronomy) 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid.
  3. (uncommon) A female given name
    • 1924, Zora Neale Hurston, Drenched in Light:
      Isis had crawled under the center table with its red plush cover with little round balls for fringe.
    • 1995, Iain Banks, Whit:
      'Beloved Isis,' Elias grinned, 'would you kindly cast some light into the poor occluded mind of our brother here on the matter of the co-essential nature of the body and the soul?'
Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from Tamesis (Latin name for Thames), from the assumption that the word was derived from a compound of Thame (A tributary of the Thames) and Isis.

Proper noun

Isis

  1. (Britain, especially Oxfordshire, otherwise, dated) The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Isis

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ISIS
    • 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer:
      The terrorist threat is growing, the politicians and intelligence services say, due in part to the degradation of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and the rising numbers of Isis fighters returning to Europe.

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis, Isis), from Egyptian ꜣst,


Proper noun

Isis

  1. Isis

German

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis, Isis), from Egyptian ꜣst,


Proper noun

Isis f (genitive Isis' or Isis)

  1. Isis.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Isis f (genitive Isis' or Isis)

  1. Alternative form of ISIS; Isis.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἶσῐς (Îsis).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.sis/, [ˈiː.sɪs]

Noun

Īsis f (genitive Īsis or Īsidis); third declension

  1. Isis.
  2. A river of Pontus

Inflection

Third declension.
Case Singular
Nominative Īsis
Genitive Īsis
Dative Īsī
Accusative Īsem
Ablative Īse
Vocative Īsis
Third declension.
Case Singular
Nominative Īsis
Genitive Īsidis
Dative Īsidī
Accusative Īsidem
Ablative Īside
Vocative Īsis
  • Īsiacus

References

  • Isis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Isis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Īsis, from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian ꜣst,

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈi.sis]

Proper noun

Isis f

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Isis.
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