"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: {{m|grc||*ϝῖρις}} *ϝῖρις (*wîris), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*weh₁i-ro-||a twist, thread, cord, wire}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro- (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), {{m|ine-pro|*weh₁y-|*weh₁i-|to turn, twist, weave, plait}} *weh₁i- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”), {{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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