1. ἴφθιμος · iphthimos — Beekes
The corpus record
ἴφθιμος
iphthimos
powerful, strong, vigilant
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Where it lives
- Theogony 4 · 5.81/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Iliad 27 · 2.42/10k
- Odyssey 17 · 1.96/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
What it meant
2. ἴφθιμος · iphthimos — Chantraine
3. ἴφθῑμος · iphthimos — LSJ
stout, strong, of bodily strength, ὤμοις ἰ. Il. 18.204; κρατὶ ἐπʼ ἰ. 3.336; ἰ. ποταμῶν 17.749; βοῶν ἴ. κάρηνα 23.260; of heroes, ἴ. ψυχαί, κεφαλαί, 1.3, 11.55; of Hades, Od. 10.534; also, of women, comely, stately, ἰ. βασίλεια 16.332; ἄλοχος Il. 5.415, Theoc. 17.128; παράκοιτις Od. 23.92, etc.; θυγάτηρ 15.364; Πηρώ 11.287: later, generally, strong, powerful, ἰφθίμης φιλότητος D.P. 655:—Hom. uses ἰφθίμη of women; but ἴφθιμοι ψυχαί, κεφαλαί, speaking of men. (No ϝ-; prob. not cogn. with ἴς, ἶφι.)
In the wild
- ἰφθίμῳ · iphthimōi Shield of Heracles 135–138
- ἴφθιμόν · iphthimon Theogony 453–458
- ἰφθίμων · iphthimōn Theogony 696–699
- ἰφθίμου · iphthimou Theogony 767–769
- ἴφθιμον · iphthimon Theogony 986–987
- ἴφθιμόν · iphthimon Works and Days 704–705
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἴφθιμος (scan p. 653; entry #2776).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἴφθιμος (scan p. 487; entry #3458).