ἰ̄ός 2

ἰ̄ός 2.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `arrow' (Il.; Trümpy Fachausdrücke 67).

Other forms: pl. ἰοί, also ἰά (Υ 68; on the change of genus Schwyzer-Debrunner 37)

Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in ἰο-δόκος `receiving arrows' (φαρέτρη Hom.), -η f. `quiver' (A. R.); on ἰο-χέαιρα s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [301] *isu- `arrow'

Etymology: From *ἰσϜ-ο- and except for the thematic vowel (Schwyzer 472) identical with Skt. íṣu-, Av. išu- `arrow' (Curtius 402; further lit. in Bq). Meier-Brügger, MSS 49 (19880 75-77, takes ῑ᾽ά as ntr. pl. from *ιhυ, and ἰός as a sec. sg. derived from it.

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