ἴουλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”), the same root of οὖλος (oûlos, “wooly, fuzzy”) and εἰλέω (eiléō, “to turn, wind”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ἴουλος • (íoulos) m (genitive ἰούλου); second declension

down, the first growth of the whiskers and beard
corn sheaf
(botany) catkin; tendril
creature like the centipede, perhaps the woodlouse or the earthworm

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἴουλος; τοῦ ἰούλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἴουλος ho íoulos	τὼ ἰούλω tṑ ioúlō	οἱ ἴουλοι hoi íouloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἰούλου toû ioúlou	τοῖν ἰούλοιν toîn ioúloin	τῶν ἰούλων tôn ioúlōn
Dative	τῷ ἰούλῳ tôi ioúlōi	τοῖν ἰούλοιν toîn ioúloin	τοῖς ἰούλοις toîs ioúlois
Accusative	τὸν ἴουλον tòn íoulon	τὼ ἰούλω tṑ ioúlō	τοὺς ἰούλους toùs ioúlous
Vocative	ἴουλε íoule	ἰούλω ioúlō	ἴουλοι íouloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰουλίζω (ioulízō)
ἰουλίς (ioulís)
ἰουλόπεζος (ioulópezos)
ἰουλοφόρος (ioulophóros)
Ἰουλώ (Ioulṓ)
ἰουλώδης (ioulṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: ίουλος (íoulos)