ἴτυς

See also: Ἴτυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a previous form ϝίτυς (wítus), from Proto-Hellenic *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”), οἶσος (oîsos, “withy”), Albanian vithe.

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 • (ítŭs) 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 ĭ́tŭs	τὼ ῐ̓́τῠε tṑ ĭ́tŭe	αἱ ῐ̓́τῠες hai ĭ́tŭes
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓́τῠος tês ĭ́tŭos	τοῖν ῐ̓τῠ́οιν toîn ĭtŭ́oin	τῶν ῐ̓τῠ́ων tôn ĭtŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓́τῠῐ̈ / ῐ̓́τυι têi ĭ́tŭĭ̈ / ĭ́tui	τοῖν ῐ̓τῠ́οιν toîn ĭtŭ́oin	ταῖς ῐ̓́τῠσῐ / ῐ̓́τῠσῐν taîs ĭ́tŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓́τῠν tḕn ĭ́tŭn	τὼ ῐ̓́τῠε tṑ ĭ́tŭe	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́τῡς / ῐ̓́τῠᾰς tā̀s ĭ́tūs / ĭ́tŭăs
Vocative	ῐ̓́τῠ ĭ́tŭ	ῐ̓́τῠε ĭ́tŭe	ῐ̓́τῠες ĭ́tŭes
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