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|lshtext=<b>Īrus</b>: i, m., = [[Ἶρος]],><br /><b>I</b> the [[name]] of a [[beggar]] in the [[house]] of [[Ulysses]] at [[Ithaca]]; used [[proverbially]] to [[denote]] a [[poor]] [[man]]: [[Irus]] est [[subito]], qui [[modo]] [[Croesus]] erat, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42: Iron, id. R. Am. 747; Prop. 3, 3, 39 (4, 4, 17): Iro pauperior, Mart. 5, 41, 9; id. 5, 39, 9; 6, 77, 1.—In Ov. Ib. 415, [[binominis]], [[double]]-named, [[because]] he [[was]] named Arnaeus by his [[mother]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Īrus</b>,¹⁴ ī, m. ([[Ἶρος]]), mendiant d’Ithaque, tué par Ulysse : Prop. 3, 3, 39 &#124;&#124; [fig.] un pauvre, un indigent : Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42.||[fig.] un pauvre, un indigent : Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42.
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