Ίος

See also: Ἴος, ιός, ἰός, and -ιος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἴος (Íos). Compare to the dialectal Νιος f (Nios).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.os/ - compare to ιός (iós), υιός (yiós)
  • Hyphenation: Ί‧ος

Proper noun

Ίος • (Íos) f (indeclinable)

  1. Ios, the Greek island in the Aegean Sea belonging to the Cyclades group

Declension

Declension of Ίος
singular
nominative Ίος (Íos)
genitive Ίου (Íou)
accusative Ίο (Ío)
vocative Ίε (Íe)
Ίο (Ío)

Synonyms

  • dialectal: Νιος f (Nios)
  • learned[1]
    • demonyms: Ιήτης m (Iítis), Ιήτισσα f (Iítissa) For colloquial Νιώτης m (Niótis), Νιώτισσα f (Niótissa) see Νιος (Nios)
    • adjective: ιητικός (iitikós)

References

  1. ^ Ίος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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