ἰταμός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἴτης (ítēs)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from εἶμι (eîmi, “I shall come”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-, though most other oxytones in -αμός are substantives (like ποταμός (potamós)). Probably a word from the Attic popular language.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ta.mós/ → /i.taˈmos/ → /i.taˈmos/

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

Adjective

ἰτᾰμός • (itamós) m (feminine ἰτᾰμή, neuter ἰτᾰμόν); first/second declension

1. headlong, hasty, eager
2. bold, reckless, precipitous

   Synonym: θρᾰσῠ́ς (thrasús)

Inflection

First and second declension of ἰτᾰμός; ἰτᾰμή; ἰτᾰμόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰτᾰμός itamós	ἰτᾰμή itamḗ	ἰτᾰμόν itamón		ἰτᾰμώ itamṓ	ἰτᾰμᾱ́ itamā́	ἰτᾰμώ itamṓ		ἰτᾰμοί itamoí	ἰτᾰμαί itamaí	ἰτᾰμᾰ́ itamá
Genitive		ἰτᾰμοῦ itamoû	ἰτᾰμῆς itamês	ἰτᾰμοῦ itamoû		ἰτᾰμοῖν itamoîn	ἰτᾰμαῖν itamaîn	ἰτᾰμοῖν itamoîn		ἰτᾰμῶν itamôn	ἰτᾰμῶν itamôn	ἰτᾰμῶν itamôn
Dative		ἰτᾰμῷ itamôi	ἰτᾰμῇ itamêi	ἰτᾰμῷ itamôi		ἰτᾰμοῖν itamoîn	ἰτᾰμαῖν itamaîn	ἰτᾰμοῖν itamoîn		ἰτᾰμοῖς itamoîs	ἰτᾰμαῖς itamaîs	ἰτᾰμοῖς itamoîs
Accusative		ἰτᾰμόν itamón	ἰτᾰμήν itamḗn	ἰτᾰμόν itamón		ἰτᾰμώ itamṓ	ἰτᾰμᾱ́ itamā́	ἰτᾰμώ itamṓ		ἰτᾰμούς itamoús	ἰτᾰμᾱ́ς itamā́s	ἰτᾰμᾰ́ itamá
Vocative		ἰτᾰμέ itamé	ἰτᾰμή itamḗ	ἰτᾰμόν itamón		ἰτᾰμώ itamṓ	ἰτᾰμᾱ́ itamā́	ἰτᾰμώ itamṓ		ἰτᾰμοί itamoí	ἰτᾰμαί itamaí	ἰτᾰμᾰ́ itamá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἰτᾰμῶς itamôs				ἰτᾰμώτερος itamṓteros				ἰτᾰμώτᾰτος itamṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἰτᾰμεύομαι (itameúomai)
• ἰτᾰμότης (itamótēs)
• ἰτᾰμῐ́ᾱ (itamíā)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ιταμός (itamós)

Further reading

• “ἰταμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰταμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰταμός 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