Ἶρος

Ἶρος

See also: ἱρός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /îː.ros/ → /ˈi.ros/ → /ˈi.ros/

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

Proper noun

Ἶρος • (Îros) m (genitive Ῑ̓́ρου); second declension

1. (Epic, Greek mythology) In the Odyssey, Irus, a nickname of Arnaeus the beggar, given to him by the suitors of Penelope.

Declension

Second declension of Ἶρος; Ῑ̓́ρου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἶρος Îros
Genitive	Ῑ̓́ρου / Ῑ̓ροῖο / Ῑ̓́ροιο / Ῑ̓ρόο / Ῑ̓́ροο Ī́rou / Īroîo / Ī́roio / Īróo / Ī́roo
Dative	Ῑ̓́ρῳ Ī́rōi
Accusative	Ἶρον Îron
Vocative	Ἶρε Îre
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “Ἶρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἶρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Ἶρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press