ἴα

ἴα

Grammatical information: f.,

Meaning: `one and the same', also `(the) one' as opposed to `the other' (Il.); `the one' (Gortyn).

Other forms: acc. ἴαν (Il., ξ 435). Incidental forms, partly doubtful, in Lesb., Thessal., Boeot. [Corinn.] and in Hp. Morb. 4, 37), gen. ἰῆς, dat. ἰῃ̃ (Il.); further dat. n. ἰῳ̃ (Ζ 422), acc. m. ἰόν (IG 5 [1] 1390, 126, Messen. I^a, after Ζ 422; not quite certain), dat. m. ἰῳ̃ (Gortyn)

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [282] *i- pron. `he, she'

Etymology: Old pronoun (numeral?) without agreement outside Greek, origin. only fem., in inflexion adapted to μία. Prob. inflected form of *i-. Several proposals (e. g. to Lat. is) in Schwyzer 588. (Not to the pron. ἰός, Ruigh Lingua 28 (1971) 172: Homère a fabriqué la forme artificielle ἰῳ̃, only Z 422.)

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