Ἰταλός

See also: Ιταλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Thucydides used the name to describe the Arcadian king of the Oenotrians. The name is said to be linked to Latin vitulus and Etruscan 𐌉𐌃𐌅𐌋𐌅𐌔 (idvlvs), both terms referring to calves, but this could be folk etymology.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.ta.lós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.taˈlos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.taˈlos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.taˈlos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.taˈlos/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓τᾰλός • (Ītălós) m (genitive Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ); second declension

Italus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῑ̓τᾰλός; τοῦ Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῑ̓τᾰλός ho Ītălós
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ toû Ītăloû
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̓τᾰλῷ tōî Ītălōî
Accusative	τὸν Ῑ̓τᾰλόν tòn Ītălón
Vocative	Ῑ̓τᾰλέ Ītălé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Ῑ̓τᾰλός • (Ītălós) m (genitive Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ); second declension

an inhabitant of Italy; an Italic person; an Italian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῑ̓τᾰλός; τοῦ Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ῑ̓τᾰλός ho Ītălós	τὼ Ῑ̓τᾰλώ tṑ Ītălṓ	οἱ Ῑ̓τᾰλοί hoi Ītăloí
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ toû Ītăloû	τοῖν Ῑ̓τᾰλοῖν toîn Ītăloîn	τῶν Ῑ̓τᾰλῶν tôn Ītălôn
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̓τᾰλῷ tōî Ītălōî	τοῖν Ῑ̓τᾰλοῖν toîn Ītăloîn	τοῖς Ῑ̓τᾰλοῖς toîs Ītăloîs
Accusative	τὸν Ῑ̓τᾰλόν tòn Ītălón	τὼ Ῑ̓τᾰλώ tṑ Ītălṓ	τοὺς Ῑ̓τᾰλούς toùs Ītăloús
Vocative	Ῑ̓τᾰλέ Ītălé	Ῑ̓τᾰλώ Ītălṓ	Ῑ̓τᾰλοί Ītăloí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ (Ītălĭ́ā)
Ῑ̓τᾰλῐώτης (Ītălĭṓtēs)

Descendants

Greek: Ιταλός (Italós)
→ Latin: ī̆talus

References

“Ἰταλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἰταλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Ἰταλός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014

^ Charnock, Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names

[1] Charnock, Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names

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