ἰατρός

See also: ιατρός

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

    From ἰάομαι (iáomai, heal) +‎ -τρος (-tros, masculine agent-noun suffix).[1]

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    Noun

    ῑ̓ᾱτρός • (īātrósm (genitive ῑ̓ᾱτροῦ); second declension (Attic, Koine)

    1. physician, surgeon, medical doctor

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    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰάομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573

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