ἰατρός

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ἰάομαι (iáomai, heal) +‎ -τρος (-tros, masculine agent-noun suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ῑ̓ᾱτρός (īātrósm (genitive ῑ̓ᾱτροῦ); second declension (Attic, Koine)

  1. physician, surgeon, medical doctor

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰάομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573

Further reading

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