Ἶρος
Ἶρος, Irus, or generally a beggar
Could not find Ἴρου in Logeion dictionaries.
Ἴρου Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular of Ἶρος
Ἶρος, ὁ,
- Irus, a name given by the suitors to the Ithacan beggar Arnaeus because he carried messages (cf. Ἶρις), Od. 18.5 sq.: hence, later as Appellat., an Irus, i.e. a beggar, Lib. Or. 18.140: pl., Ἶροι Luc. Nav. 24.
Ἶρος, ου (ὁ) [ῑ] Iros :
1 n. d’h. mendiant d’Ithaque, Od. 18, 5, etc. ; d’où un mendiant en gén. Lib. 1, 568 ; au plur. Ἶροι, Luc. Nav. 24, des Iros ||
2 n. d’une v. de Thessalie, Lyc. 905.
Ἶρος
- Apparently masc. form of prec.; the nickname of Arnaeus.
- A beggar employed as a messenger by the young men in Ithaca.
- His fight with Odysseus Od. 18.6, 25, 38, 56, 73
- (Ἶρος Ἄϊρος, that will soon be Irus no more), 75, 96, 233, 239, 333, 334, 393.
Ἶρος (ϝῖρις): Irus, a nickname of Arnaeus the beggar, given to him by the suitors of Penelope, because he went on errands, Od. 18.5follg.