Ἶρις
Ἶρις,
ιδος,
ἡ, acc.
Ἶριν, voc.
Ἶρι:—
Iris, the messenger of the gods among themselves,
Il. 8.398 (never in
Od.),
Hes. Th. 780 , etc. (Perh. fr.
*vῖρις, cf.
A). ὠκέα Ἶρις Il. 2.786 , al.,
Hes. l.c.;
ὦκα δὲ Ἶρις Il. 23.198 (Pap.); possibly also fr.
*Ἐvῖρις:
Εἶρις is the name of a ship,
IG 22.1611c137 (iv B.C.), but
ἶρις is written in
Michel 832 (Samos, iv B.C.): allegorized as
προφορικὸς λόγος and derived from
εἴρω by
Stoic. 2.43 .)
II). as Appellat.,
ἶρις,
ἡ, gen.
ἴριδος Thphr. CP 6.11.13 , also
εως Androm. ap.
Gal. 14.43 ,
POxy. 1088.34 (i A.D.),
Gp. 6.8.1 ; acc.
ἶριν Michel l.c.,
Plu. 2.664e ,
ἴριδα Nic. Al. 406 ; Ep. dat. pl.
ἴρισσιν (v. infr.):—
rainbow,
δράκοντες .. , ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων Il. 11.27 , cf.
Arist. Mete. 375a1 ,
Epicur. Ep. 2p.51U. 3). iridescent garment, Michel l.c.
4). various species of the botanical genus
iris, e.g.
the purple Iris, I. germanica or
pallida,
εὐάνθεμον ἶριν AP 4.1.9 (
Mel.);
τὸ ἄνθος πολλὰς ἔχει ἐν αὑτῷ ποικιλίας Arist. Col. 796b26 , cf.
Plin. HN 21.40 ; also,
the white variety of it, I. florentina, from the rhizome of which
the orris-root of commerce is made,
Thphr. HP 1.7.2 ,
CP 6.11.13 , etc.;
ἶρις Ἰλλυρική Dsc. 1.1 , cf.
Plin. HN 13.14 : in this sense some wrote it oxyt.
ἰρίς,
ίδος,
Eust. 391.33 , Sch.Nic.l.c.
ShortDef
Iris, messenger to the gods
rainbow; iris of the eye
Iris, a river
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἶρις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ιρις
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-50891
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">Ἶρις</span>, <span class="itype greek">ιδος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, acc. <span class="foreign greek">Ἶριν</span>, voc. <span class="foreign greek">Ἶρι</span>:—<span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Iris</span>, the messenger of the gods among themselves, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:398" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.398/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.398 </a> (never in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:780" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:780/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 780 </a>, etc. (Perh. fr. <span class="foreign greek">*vῖρις</span>, cf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ὠκέα Ἶρις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:786" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.786/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.786 </a> , al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> </span> l.c.; <span class="quote greek">ὦκα δὲ Ἶρις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.198/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.198 </a> (Pap.); possibly also fr. <span class="foreign greek">*Ἐvῖρις</span>: <span class="foreign greek">Εἶρις</span> is the name of a ship, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1611c137 </span> (iv B.C.), but <span class="foreign greek">ἶρις</span> is written in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Michel</span> 832 </span> (Samos, iv B.C.): allegorized as <span class="foreign greek">προφορικὸς λόγος</span> and derived from <span class="foreign greek">εἴρω</span> by <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stoic.</span> 2.43 </span>.) </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> as Appellat., <span class="orth greek">ἶρις</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, gen. <span class="quote greek">ἴριδος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:11:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:11:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 6.11.13 </a> , also <span class="itype greek">εως</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Androm.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 14.43 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1088.34 </span> (i A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 6.8.1 </span>; acc. <span class="foreign greek">ἶριν</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Michel</span> l.c., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.664e </span>, <span class="quote greek">ἴριδα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:406" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:406/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Al.</span> 406 </a> ; Ep. dat. pl. <span class="foreign greek">ἴρισσιν</span> (v. infr.):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rainbow</span>, <span class="quote greek">δράκοντες .. , ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.27 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:375a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:375a.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 375a1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:2p.51U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:2p.51U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2p.51U. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> any <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bright-coloured circle</span> surrounding another body, as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the</span> lunar <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rainbow</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:375a:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:375a.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 375a18 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">halo</span> of candle, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sign.</span> 13 </a>; round the eyes of a peacock\'s tail, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg009:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg009:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dom.</span> 11 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the iris</span> of the eye, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Onom.</span> 24 </a>,[<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span></span>] <span class="bibl"> 14.702 </span>; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">section through the ciliary region</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg017:10:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg017:10.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">UP</span> 10.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">iridescent garment,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Michel</span> </span>l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> various species of the botanical genus <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">iris</span>, e.g. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the purple Iris, I. germanica</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pallida</span>, <span class="quote greek">εὐάνθεμον ἶριν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 4.1.9 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">τὸ ἄνθος πολλὰς ἔχει ἐν αὑτῷ ποικιλίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg007:796b:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg007:796b.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Col.</span> 796b26 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:21:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:21.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 21.40 </a>; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the white variety of it, I. florentina</span>, from the rhizome of which <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the orris-root</span> of commerce is made, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1:7:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1:7:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 1.7.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:11:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:11:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 6.11.13 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἶρις Ἰλλυρική</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 1.1 </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:13:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:13.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 13.14 </a>: in this sense some wrote it oxyt. <span class="orth greek">ἰρίς</span>, <span class="itype greek">ίδος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:391:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:391.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 391.33 </a>, Sch.Nic.l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> a precious stone, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:37:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:37.136/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 37.136 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}