ἰώδης

See also: ιώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

ῐ̓́ον (ĭ́on, violet, Viola odorata) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, smelling of; full of, like)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ῐ̓ώδης • (ĭṓdēsm or f (neuter ῐ̓ῶδες); third declension

  1. violet-coloured, violet
    Synonym: ῐ̓οειδής (ĭoeidḗs)
  2. smelling of violets, violet-scented
    • Diosc. 5.171
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  • Danish: iod
  • French: iode
  • Greek: ιώδης (iódis)

Etymology 2

ῑ̓ός (īós, rust, verdigris; poison, venom) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, full of, like)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ῑ̓ώδης • (īṓdēsm or f (neuter ῑ̓ῶδες); third declension

  1. like verdigris, green
    1. (figuratively) “green with envy”, envious
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.565c:
        κακόνοια…τουτὶ τὸ ἰῶδες…ἀφίησιν
        kakónoia…toutì tò iôdes…aphíēsin
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  2. rust-coloured, ferruginous
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On Stones 37
    • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Hist. 4
    • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 5.152
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Τοῦ μεγάλου Ἱπποκράτους πάντων τῶν ἰατρῶν κορυφαίου τὰ εὑρισκόμενα. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis, opera omnia quæ extant. 68a
    • Diosc. 5.92
  3. poisonous, venomous
    Synonym: ῑ̓οειδής (īoeidḗs)
    • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 2.42a:
      ὕδωρ
      húdōr
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    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.327
    • Philostr.Jun., Im. 5, (of serpents):
      ὀδόντες
      odóntes
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    1. (figuratively, of persons) virulent
  4. (ὄδ-ωδα) acrid
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Ancient Medicine 19:
      ὀξύτητες
      oxútētes
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    • 200 CE – 400 CE, Philumenus, On Poisonous Animals and Their Remedies 36.3:
      ἄσθμα
      ásthma
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, V. med. 37
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