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ἰτέα

itea

willow

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1. ἰτέα · itea — Beekes

ἰτέα [f.] ‘willow’ (Φ 350), also ‘shield made of willow’ (E., Ar, cf. Triimpy 1950: 73). 41Ὲ *ueh,i- ‘bend’, *uh,i-tu-> VAR Epic Ion. itén (-ei- A. R. 4, 1428, with metrical lengthening?). *COMP Compound ited-pvAdAog ‘adorned with willow-leaves’ (Halic. III’). DER ἰτέϊνος ‘of willow (Hdt., Thphr., pap.), itewv ‘willow forest’ (Gp.). *ETYM Formation like πτελέα and other tree names (Chantraine 1933: 92). From a noun … — [Beekes, s.v. ἰτέα, p. 651]

2. ἰτέα · itea — LSJ

willow, Salix alba, Salix amplexicaulis

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

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’.)

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἰτέα (scan pp. 651-652; entry #2773). Root candidates: *wit-.

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