ἰτέα
ἰτέα, a willow
ἰτέα [ῑ], Ep. and Ion. ἰτέη, also ἰτείη (A.R. 4.1428): ἡ:—
- willow, Il. 21.350, Hecat. 292 (a) J., Hdt. 1.194, PTeb.ined. 703.195, etc.; ἰ. λευκή, = Salix alba, ἰ. μέλαινα, = Salix amplexicaulis, Thphr. HP 3.13.7.
- II wicker shield, target, E. Heracl. 376 (lyr.), Supp. 695, Tr. 1193, Cyc. 7, Ar. Fr. 65.
- III ἰ. δένδρος, = ἵππουρις, Ps.-Dsc. 4.46. (Εἰτέα, the Attic deme-name, is a different word; cf. ἰτέϊνος, ἰτεόφυλλος; prob. cogn. with Lat. viēre, vīmen, Lith. výti ‘twist’, ‘wind’, vytìs ‘willow-twig’, OE. wiþig ‘willow’.)
ἰτέα, ας (ἡ) [ῑ]
1 saule (Salix alba L.), d’où osier, Il. 21, 350 ; Hdt. 1, 194, etc. ||
2 bouclier d’osier, Eur. Her. 376, Tr. 1193, etc. ||
➳ Ion. ἰτέη, Il. Hdt. ll. cc., cf. ἰτείη.
Étym. R. indo-europ. *ueh₁i-, plier ; cf. ἴτυς, οἶσος, lat. vīmen.
ἰτέα, ἡ, ion. ἰτέη u. ἰτείη, Ap.Rh. 4.1428 (vgl. vimen, vieo), die Weide, der Weidenbaum, Il. 21.850 ; ὠλεσίκαρποι, weil sie keine Frucht tragen, Od. 10.510 ; Her. 1.194 ; Sp.; τανυμήκεες Thall. 3 (VI.170). – Ein von Weidenruten geflochtener Schild, mit Erz überzogen, κατάχαλκος Eur. Heracl. 376, χαλκόνωτος Troad. 1193, vgl. Suppl. 695, Cycl. 7 u. Ar. bei Eust. 911.63.
ἰτέα
- Ia willow, Lat. salix, Il., Hdt., etc.
- IIa wicker shield, target, Eur.