Ias

See also: IAs, IAS, ias, i-aș, ías, -ias, -iäs, and -ías

Latin

Etymology

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Ancient Greek Ῐ̓́ων (Ĭ́ōn)

Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs)

Ancient Greek Ἰ̆ά̆ς (Ĭá̆s)bor.

Latin Ias

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰ̆ά̆ς (Ĭá̆s, “Ionian, Ionic”, as a noun “an Ionian woman, the Ionic dialect”, feminine adjective).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈi.as]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.as]

Proper noun

Ias f sg (genitive Iadis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Ionic Greek (dialect of Ancient Greek)

   Coordinate terms: Aeolis f, Atthis f, coenē f, Dōris f

   • late 4th century CE, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.5–8:

     Quinque sunt linguae Graecorum, Ias Doris Atthis Aeolis coene. iuxta has igitur quinque linguas et Latina verba conprehensa colliguntur hoc modo. Ias relictis propriis utitur similibus quasi propriis nominibus ac versatur in omnibus tropis.

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   • c. 500 CE, Priscianus, Institutiones grammaticae 2.39:^[1]

     In ‛ne’ autem desinentia, quae sunt Iadis linguae, patronymica eiusdem generis i longam habent paenultimam, si principale non habuerit eandem i vocalem, ut ‛Adrestos Adrestīne’, ‛Nereus Nerīne’. si autem principale habuerit i, o producta ante ‛ne’ invenitur, ut ‛Acrisios Acrisiōne’, ex quo possessivum posuit  V i r g i l i u s :
      A c r i s i o n e i s   D a n a e   f u n d a s s e   c o l o n i s ,
     ab Acrisione, id est Danae. et sciendum, quod inveniuntur multa eiusdem formae gentilia, ut ‛Haemonis’, ‛Thessalis’, ‛Colchis’, ‛Argolis’, ‛Cyclas’, ‛Ias’, ‛Troas’, alia vero propria, ut ‛Bacchis’, ‛Doris’, ‛Pythias’.

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Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ias
genitive	Iadis
dative	Iadī
accusative	Iadem
ablative	Iade
vocative	Ias

Related terms

• Iastius (adjective)

Further reading

• “Iăs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 763, column 2.