ἴτυς
See also: Ἴτυς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a previous form ϝίτυς (wítus), that proves a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”). Cognate with Latin vitus (“felloe”), Ancient Greek ἰτέα (itéa, “willow”), ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”) and οἶσος (oîsos, “withy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.tys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.tys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.tys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.tys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.tis/
Noun
ἴτῠς • (ítus) f (genitive ἴτῠος); third declension
- The felloe of a wheel
- The rim of a shield
- The shield itself
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ῐ̓́τῠς; τῆς ῐ̓́τῠος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῐ̓́τῠς hē ítus | τὼ ῐ̓́τῠε tṑ ítue | αἱ ῐ̓́τῠες hai ítues | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῐ̓́τῠος tês ítuos | τοῖν ῐ̓τῠ́οιν toîn itúoin | τῶν ῐ̓τῠ́ων tôn itúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῐ̓́τῠῐ̈ / ῐ̓́τυι têi ítuï / ítui | τοῖν ῐ̓τῠ́οιν toîn itúoin | ταῖς ῐ̓́τῠσῐ / ῐ̓́τῠσῐν taîs ítusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῐ̓́τῠν tḕn ítun | τὼ ῐ̓́τῠε tṑ ítue | τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́τῡς / ῐ̓́τῠᾰς tā̀s ítūs / ítuas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῐ̓́τῠ ítu | ῐ̓́τῠε ítue | ῐ̓́τῠες ítues | ||||||||||
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References
- ἴτυς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴτυς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἴτυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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