- ἰδανός
- ἰδανόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `fair, comely' (Call. Fr. 535, H.),Compounds: ἰδανό-χροος `with beautiful colours' (Ep. Alex.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1125] *uid- `see'Etymology: Primary deriv. of ἰδεῖν (s. v.); cf. πιθανός, ἱκανός a. o. (Chantraine Formation 196f.). After Fraenkel KZ 63, 182 to εἴδωλον with old variation l ἰδανός n; very hypothetical.Page in Frisk: 1,708
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.