"Ἶρις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἶρις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /îː.ris/, /ˈi.ris/, /ˈi.ris/, /îː.ris/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈi.ris/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈi.ris/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈi.ris/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈi.ris/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*weh₁i-ro-||a twist, thread, cord, wire}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro- (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), {{cog|en|wire}} English wire, {{cog|sv|vira||to twist}} Swedish vira (“to twist”), {{cog|la|vieō||weave together}} Latin vieō (“weave together”), {{cog|cy|gŵyr||bent}} Welsh gŵyr (“bent”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ῑ̓́ρῐδος|f|third|head=Ἶρῐς}} Ἶρῐς • (Îris) f (genitive Ῑ̓́ρῐδος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἶρῐς|Ῑ̓́ρῐδος|AS=Ἶρῐν|VS=Ἶρῐ|form=sing}} Forms: Ἶρῐς [canonical], Îris [romanization], Ῑ̓́ρῐδος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ Ἶρῐς [nominative, singular], τῆς Ῑ̓́ρῐδος [genitive, singular], τῇ Ῑ̓́ρῐδῐ [dative, singular], τὴν Ἶρῐν [accusative, singular], Ἶρῐ [singular, vocative]
  1. Iris Wikipedia link: Iris (mythology)

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Ίρις (Íris); Ίριδα (Írida)"
    },
    {
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            "1": "la",
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          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Īris",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Īris"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: arco iris",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Spanish: arco iris"
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        "2": "wire"
      },
      "expansion": "English wire",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vira",
        "3": "",
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        "4": "weave together"
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈi.ris/"
    },
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      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈi.ris/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.ris/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.ris/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.ris/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/ˈi.ris/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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  ],
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}

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