Ἶσις

Ἶσις, ἡ, voc. Ἶσιν UPZ 81 ii 19 (ii B.C.), gen. Ἴσιδος BGU 993ii10 (ii B.C.), Plu. Isid. 2.353f, etc.; Ion. and later Ἴσιος Hdt. 2.41, PPetr. 3 p.216 (iii B.C.), etc. (written Ἔσιος Schwyzer 749 (v B.C.)), dat. Ἴσιδι OGI 175.4 (ii B.C.), etc., Ἴσῑ or Ἴσει Hdt. 2.59, OGI 61.4 (iii B.C.); acc. Ἶσιν:—

• Isis, Hdt. Il.cc., Call. Epigr. 57 Pf., Apollod. 2.1.3, Plu. Isid. 2.351f, POxy. 1380 (ii A.D.), etc.; Ἴσιδος τρίχες, name of a plant, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.939d, cf. Plin. HN 13.142.
• • II name of a plaster, Gal. 11.126,13.774.
  • III Pythag. name for the δυάς, Theol.Ar. 12.

Ἶσις, ιος

• Isis, an Egypt. goddess, answering to the Greek Demeter, Hdt.