The corpus record

ἰοειδής

ioeides

like the flower

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Where it lives

Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἰοειδής · ioeidēs — LSJ

like the flower, purple

like the flower ἴον I, purple, in Hom. always of the sea, ἰοειδέα πόντον, whether calm or stormy, Il. 11.298, Od. 5.56, 11.107, Hes. Th. 844; κρήνη ib. 3.

II poisonous

(ἰός B) poisonous, κέντρον Nic. Th. 886; λοιγός ib. 243. [Nic. makes ῐ short, as conversely he has ῑάσι from ἴον (q.v.).]

In the wild

ἰοειδέα · ioeidea Theogony 1–4
ἰοειδέα · ioeidea Theogony 844–846
ἰοειδέα · ioeidea Iliad 11.298
ἰοειδέα · ioeidea Odyssey 11.107
ἰοειδέος · ioeideos Odyssey 5.56

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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