ἰατρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰητρός (Homeric, Ionic)

Etymology

From ἰάομαι (iaomai, “heal”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /i͜i.atrós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /iːatrós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /iatrós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /iatrós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /iatɾós/

Noun

ἰατρός • (iatros) (genitive ἰατροῦ) m, second declension

1. physician, surgeon

Inflection

Second declension of ἰατρός, ἰατροῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἰατρός	τὼ ἰατρώ	οἱ ἰατροί
Genitive	τοῦ ἰατροῦ	τοῖν ἰατροῖν	τῶν ἰατρῶν
Dative	τῷ ἰατρῷ	τοῖν ἰατροῖν	τοῖς ἰατροῖς
Accusative	τὸν ἰατρόν	τὼ ἰατρώ	τοὺς ἰατρούς
Vocative	ἰατρέ	ἰατρώ	ἰατροί

Derived terms

• ἰατήρ
• ἰατός
• ἰατρεία
• ἰατρικός

Descendants

• Greek: γιατρός m, f (giatrós), ιατρός m, f (iatrós)
• English:

• iatroculture, iatrogenic
• iatrogenic
• iatric, -iatrics
• -iatry

• Italian & Spanish: -iatra

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2395