Ἰάσων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ιήσων (Iḗsōn) — Ionic

Etymology

Apparently from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “to heal”), making it related to the name of the goddess Ἰασώ (Iasṓ), maybe from ἴασις (íasis, “cure”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἰᾱ́σων • (Iā́sōn) m (genitive Ἰᾱ́σονος); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jason

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἰᾱ́σων; τοῦ Ἰᾱ́σονος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἰᾱ́σων
ho Iā́sōn
Genitive τοῦ Ἰᾱ́σονος
toû Iā́sonos
Dative τῷ Ἰᾱ́σονῐ
tōî Iā́sonĭ
Accusative τὸν Ἰᾱ́σονᾰ
tòn Iā́sonă
Vocative Ἰᾶσον
Iâson
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ιάσων (Iáson), Ιάσονας (Iásonas), Γιάσονας (Giásonas)
  • → Etruscan: 𐌄𐌀𐌔𐌖𐌍 (easun)
  • → Georgian: იასონი (iasoni)
  • → Hebrew: יאסון (Yason)
  • → Latin: Iason

References

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