ἴς

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: -ις

Ancient Greek

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Earlier *ϝῑ́ς (*wī́s), from Proto-Hellenic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s, from *weyh₁-. Cognate with Latin vīs.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why the -n-?”)

Pronunciation

[edit]
 

Noun

[edit]

ῑ̓́ς (ī́sf (genitive ῑ̓νός); third declension

  1. force, power
  2. muscle, sinew, tendon
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.282–283:
      εἴ μοι ἔτ’ ἐστὶν / ἴς, οἵη πάρος ἔσκεν ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσιν
      eí moi ét’ estìn / ís, hoíē páros ésken enì gnamptoîsi mélessin
      if I still have the power that used to be in my supple limbs

Declension

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  • ἴς (Β)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἴς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἴς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἴς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἴς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἴς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter