ἴτυς
See also: Ἴτυς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a previous form ϝίτυς (wítus), from Proto-Hellenic *wítus, that proves a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”). Cognate with Latin vitus (“felloe”), Ancient Greek ἰτέα (itéa, “willow”), ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”), οἶσος (oîsos, “withy”), Albanian vithe.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.tys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.tys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.tys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.tys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.tis/
Noun
ἴτῠς • (ítŭs) f (genitive ἴτῠος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῐ̓́τῠς hē ĭ́tŭs |
τὼ ῐ̓́τῠε tṑ ĭ́tŭe |
αἱ ῐ̓́τῠες hai ĭ́tŭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῐ̓́τῠος tês ĭ́tŭos |
τοῖν ῐ̓τῠ́οιν toîn ĭtŭ́oin |
τῶν ῐ̓τῠ́ων tôn ĭtŭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῐ̓́τῠῐ̈ / ῐ̓́τυι tēî ĭ́tŭĭ̈ / ĭ́tui |
τοῖν ῐ̓τῠ́οιν toîn ĭtŭ́oin |
ταῖς ῐ̓́τῠσῐ / ῐ̓́τῠσῐν taîs ĭ́tŭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῐ̓́τῠν tḕn ĭ́tŭn |
τὼ ῐ̓́τῠε tṑ ĭ́tŭe |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́τῡς / ῐ̓́τῠᾰς tā̀s ĭ́tūs / ĭ́tŭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̓́τῠ ĭ́tŭ |
ῐ̓́τῠε ĭ́tŭe |
ῐ̓́τῠες ĭ́tŭes | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἴτυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἴτυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἴτυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN