Ἶρις

See also: ίρις and ἶρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Presuming an earlier form *ϝῖρις (*wîris), then from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro- (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁i- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”). Cognates include English wire, Swedish vira (“to twist”), Latin vieō (“weave together”), Welsh gŵyr (“bent”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ἶρῐς • (Îris) f (genitive Ῑ̓́ρῐδος); third declension

Iris

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἶρῐς; τῆς Ῑ̓́ρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἶρῐς hē Îris
Genitive	τῆς Ῑ̓́ρῐδος tês Ī́ridos
Dative	τῇ Ῑ̓́ρῐδῐ têi Ī́ridi
Accusative	τὴν Ἶρῐν tḕn Îrin
Vocative	Ἶρῐ Îri
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

Greek: Ίρις (Íris); Ίριδα (Írida)
Latin: Īris
Spanish: arco iris