ἴαμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek substrate (Illyrian/Phrygian) origin[1][2][3]; the OED suggests a derivation from ἰάπτω (iáptō, “to assail, attack verbally”), literally "send forth," cognate with ἵημι (híēmi, “I throw, hurl”), as iambic verse was first used by satirists[4], but this could just be folk etymology.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.am.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.am.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.am.bos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.am.bos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.am.bos/

Noun

ῐ̓́ᾰμβος • (íambos) m (genitive ῐ̓ᾰ́μβου); second declension

an iamb

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̓́ᾰμβος; τοῦ ῐ̓ᾰ́μβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̓́ᾰμβος ho íambos	τὼ ῐ̓ᾰ́μβω tṑ iámbō	οἱ ῐ̓́ᾰμβοι hoi íamboi
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̓ᾰ́μβου toû iámbou	τοῖν ῐ̓ᾰ́μβοιν toîn iámboin	τῶν ῐ̓ᾰ́μβων tôn iámbōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̓ᾰ́μβῳ tôi iámbōi	τοῖν ῐ̓ᾰ́μβοιν toîn iámboin	τοῖς ῐ̓ᾰ́μβοις toîs iámbois
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̓́ᾰμβον tòn íambon	τὼ ῐ̓ᾰ́μβω tṑ iámbō	τοὺς ῐ̓ᾰ́μβους toùs iámbous
Vocative	ῐ̓́ᾰμβε íambe	ῐ̓ᾰ́μβω iámbō	ῐ̓́ᾰμβοι íamboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

ἴαμβος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἴαμβος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἴαμβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- iambic verse idem, page 413.

Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
“ἴαμβος” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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[1] Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

[2] “ἴαμβος” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

[4] Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.