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ἰός

ἰός, an arrow

ἰός2, poison

ἰός3, rust

ἰός4, one

ἰός (A) [ῑ], ὁ, pl. ἰοί, heterocl. ἰά Il. 20.68 (Cypr., acc. to AB 1095):—
  • arrow, ἰὸν ἕηκε Il. 1.48; βλήμενος ἢ ἰῷ ἢ ἔγχεϊ 8.514, cf. A. Pers. 461; ἧκεν κομήτην ἰόν S. Tr. 567. (Cf. Skt. íṣ ‘arrow’.)
ἰός (B) [ῑ], ὁ,
  • poison, as of serpents, A. Eu. 478, S. Tr. 771, E. Ion 1015, Plu. Vind. 2.562c, etc.; venom of a mad dog, Ruf. Fr. 118; ἰὸς ἀμεμφὴς μελισσῶν, of honey with which snakes fed Iamos, Pi. O. 6.47: metaph., of envy, A. Ag. 834. (Cf. Skt. viṣám ‘poison’, Lat. vīrus.)
ἰός (C) [ῑ], ὁ,
  • rust on iron, or verdigris on copper and bronze, Sapph. 141 (dub.), Thgn. 451, Pl. R. 609a, Ti. 59c, Theoc. 16.17; ἰ. σιδήρου Dsc. 5.80; ἰ. χαλκοῦ Hp. Mul. 1.75, Dsc. 5.79, Gal. 12.218; patina on bronze statues, ὅπως καθαρὸς ἰοῦ ἔσται ὁ ἀνδριάς SIG 284.15 (Chios, iv B.C.), cf. Plu. Pyth. 2.395b. (Perh. identical with ἰός B.)
ἰός [ῐ], ἴᾰ, ἰόν,
  • one, commonest in fem. (v. εἷς): neut. ἰῷ κίον ἤματι Il. 6.422: masc. dat. ἰῷ, = ἐκείνῳ, Leg.Gort. 8.8; but, = ἑνί, ib. 7.23; acc., τόν γʼ ἰὸν ἐνιαυτόν the same year, IG 5(1).1390.126 (Andania, i B.C.); ἰός, = μόνος, acc. to Trypho ap. A.D. Pron. 56.4.

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