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, and Tocharian B wase.[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 :
      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)
  • ἰοχέαιρα (iokhéaira)
  • 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

ἰός (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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