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Ἶρις

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See also: ίρις and ἶρις

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Presuming an earlier form *ϝῖρις (*wîris), then from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro- (a twist, thread, cord, wire), from *weh₁i- (to turn, twist, weave, plait). Cognates include English wire, Swedish vira (to twist), Latin vieō (weave together), Welsh gŵyr (bent).

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ἶρῐς (Îrisf (genitive Ῑ̓́ρῐδος); third declension

  1. Iris

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Ίρις (Íris); Ίριδα (Írida)
  • Latin: Īris
  • Spanish: arco iris

Further reading

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  • Ἶρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ἶρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014