Iason

See also: Iasón

Italian

Proper noun

Iason m

1. Jason

   Synonym: Giasone

Anagrams

• Sonia, aniso-, ansio, asino, siano, sonai

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iˈaː.soːn/, [iˈäːs̠oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈa.son/, [iˈäːs̬on]

Proper noun

Iāsōn m sg (genitive Iāsonis); third declension

1. Jason (a Greek hero who was the son of Aeson, king of Thessaly, and leader of the Argonauts)
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.397:

     ultaque se male mater Iasonis effugit arma.

     And the avenged mother wickedly fled the sword of Jason by herself.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iāsōn
Genitive	Iāsonis
Dative	Iāsonī
Accusative	Iāsonem
Ablative	Iāsone
Vocative	Iāsōn

References

• “Iason”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press