Ἶρος

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English (LSJ)

ὁ, Irus, a name given by the suitors to the Ithacan beggar Arnaeus because he carried messages (cf. Ἶρις), Od.18.5 sq.: hence, later as Appellat.,

   A an Irus, i.e. a beggar, Lib.Or.18.140: pl., Ἶροι Luc.Nav.24.