ἰᾶτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably related to ἴον (íon, “violet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.âː.ton/ → /ˈiˈa.ton/ → /ˈiˈa.ton/

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

Noun

ἰᾶτον • (iâton) n (genitive ἰᾱ́του); second declension

1. drink prepared from honey, wine and violets

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἰᾶτον; τοῦ ἰᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἰᾶτον tò iâton	τὼ ἰᾱ́τω tṑ iā́tō	τᾰ̀ ἰᾶτᾰ tà iâta
Genitive	τοῦ ἰᾱ́του toû iā́tou	τοῖν ἰᾱ́τοιν toîn iā́toin	τῶν ἰᾱ́των tôn iā́tōn
Dative	τῷ ἰᾱ́τῳ tôi iā́tōi	τοῖν ἰᾱ́τοιν toîn iā́toin	τοῖς ἰᾱ́τοις toîs iā́tois
Accusative	τὸ ἰᾶτον tò iâton	τὼ ἰᾱ́τω tṑ iā́tō	τᾰ̀ ἰᾶτᾰ tà iâta
Vocative	ἰᾶτον iâton	ἰᾱ́τω iā́tō	ἰᾶτᾰ iâta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἰᾶτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰᾶτον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette