1. ἴτυς · itys — Beekes
The corpus record
ἴτυς
itus
felloe, rim of a shield
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Where it lives
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
- Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
- Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
- Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
What it meant
2. ἴτυς · itys — Chantraine
3. Ἴτυς · Itys — Chantraine
4. Ἴτυς · Itys — Frisk
5. ἴτῠς · itys — LSJ
in Hom. (only in Il.) always of the felloe of a wheel, ὄφρα ἴτυν κάμψῃ Il. 4.486 (made of poplar), cf. 5.724, PMasp. 303.14 (vi A.D.); outer edge or rim of a shield, Hes. Sc. 314, Hdt. 7.89: hence, the round shield itself, Tyrt. 15.3, E. Ion 210 (lyr.), Tr. 1197, X. An. 4.7.12; ἴ. βλεφάρων arch of the eyebrows, Anacreont. 15.17; ἀγκίστρων ἴ. AP 6.28 (Jul.), cf. Opp. H. 5.138; ἴ. τῆς πλευρᾶς border of rib, Gal. 2.681; rim of joint-socket, Id. UP 2.17; guard of trepan, Id. 10.448. (Aeol. ϝίτυς Ter
6. Ἴτυς · Itys — LSJ
Itys, son of Tereus and Procne, A. Ag. 1144 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 212, etc. [ῐτῠ-, but ἃ Ἴτῠν αἰὲν Ἴτῡν ὀλοφύρεται S. El. 148 (lyr.), cf. Ar. l.c.]
In the wild
- ἴτυος · ityos Euripides, Electra 2 (DIORISIS sentence 255)
- ἴτυν · ityn Euripides, Ion 2 (DIORISIS sentence 77)
- ἴτυος · ityos Euripides, Phoenissae *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 814)
- ἴτυός · ityos Euripides, Trojan Women *(eka/bh (DIORISIS sentence 596)
- ἴτυς · itys Herodotus, Histories 7.89.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7587)
- ἴτυς · itys Herodotus, Histories 7.89.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7591)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἴτυς (scan p. 652; entry #2774).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἴτυς (scan p. 487; entry #3450).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἴτυς (scan p. 776; entry #2655).
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