ἴτυς

See also: Ἴτυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a previous form ϝίτυς (wítus), that proves a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”). Cognate with Latin vitus (“felloe”), Ancient Greek ἰτέα (itéa, “willow”), ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”) and οἶσος (oîsos, “withy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.tys/ → /ˈi.tys/ → /ˈi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.tys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tis/

Noun

ἴτῠς • (ítus) f (genitive ἴτῠος); third declension

1. felloe of a wheel
2. rim of a shield
   1. the shield itself

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῐ̓́τῠς; τῆς ῐ̓́τῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓́τῠς hē ítus	τὼ ῐ̓́τῠε tṑ ítue	αἱ ῐ̓́τῠες hai ítues
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓́τῠος tês ítuos	τοῖν ῐ̓τῠ́οιν toîn itúoin	τῶν ῐ̓τῠ́ων tôn itúōn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓́τῠῐ̈ / ῐ̓́τυι têi ítuï / ítui	τοῖν ῐ̓τῠ́οιν toîn itúoin	ταῖς ῐ̓́τῠσῐ / ῐ̓́τῠσῐν taîs ítusi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓́τῠν tḕn ítun	τὼ ῐ̓́τῠε tṑ ítue	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́τῡς / ῐ̓́τῠᾰς tā̀s ítūs / ítuas
Vocative	ῐ̓́τῠ ítu	ῐ̓́τῠε ítue	ῐ̓́τῠες ítues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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