Ἰταλός

See also: Ιταλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Thucydides used the name to describe the Arcadian king of the Oenotrians. The name is said to be linked to Latin vitulus and Etruscan 𐌉𐌃𐌅𐌋𐌅𐌔, both terms referring to calves, but this could be folk etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.ta.lós/ → /i.taˈlos/ → /i.taˈlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.ta.lós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.taˈlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.taˈlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.taˈlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.taˈlos/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓τᾰλός • (Ītalós) m (genitive Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ); second declension

1. Italus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῑ̓τᾰλός; τοῦ Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῑ̓τᾰλός ho Ītalós
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ toû Ītaloû
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̓τᾰλῷ tôi Ītalôi
Accusative	τὸν Ῑ̓τᾰλόν tòn Ītalón
Vocative	Ῑ̓τᾰλέ Ītalé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Ῑ̓τᾰλός • (Ītalós) m (genitive Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ); second declension

1. an inhabitant of Italy; an Italic person; an Italian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῑ̓τᾰλός; τοῦ Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ῑ̓τᾰλός ho Ītalós	τὼ Ῑ̓τᾰλώ tṑ Ītalṓ	οἱ Ῑ̓τᾰλοί hoi Ītaloí
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̓τᾰλοῦ toû Ītaloû	τοῖν Ῑ̓τᾰλοῖν toîn Ītaloîn	τῶν Ῑ̓τᾰλῶν tôn Ītalôn
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̓τᾰλῷ tôi Ītalôi	τοῖν Ῑ̓τᾰλοῖν toîn Ītaloîn	τοῖς Ῑ̓τᾰλοῖς toîs Ītaloîs
Accusative	τὸν Ῑ̓τᾰλόν tòn Ītalón	τὼ Ῑ̓τᾰλώ tṑ Ītalṓ	τοὺς Ῑ̓τᾰλούς toùs Ītaloús
Vocative	Ῑ̓τᾰλέ Ītalé	Ῑ̓τᾰλώ Ītalṓ	Ῑ̓τᾰλοί Ītaloí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ (Ītalíā)
• Ῑ̓τᾰλῐώτης (Ītaliṓtēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Ιταλός (Italós)
• → Latin: ī̆talus

References

• “Ἰταλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἰταλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἰταλός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014