ἰός
Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück
English (LSJ)
(A) [ῑ], ὁ, pl. ἰοί, heterocl.
A ἰά Il.20.68 (Cypr., acc. to AB1095):— arrow, ἰὸν ἕηκε Il.1.48; βλήμενος ἢ ἰῷ ἢ ἔγχεϊ 8.514, cf. A.Pers.461; ἧκεν κομήτην ἰόν S.Tr.567. (Cf. Skt. í[snull ] 'arrow'.)
ἰός (B) [ῑ], ὁ,
A poison, as of serpents, A.Eu.478, S.Tr.771, E.Ion 1015, Plu.2.562c, etc.; venom of a mad dog, Ruf.Fr.118; ἰὸς ἀμεμφὴς μελισσῶν, of honey with which snakes fed Iamos, Pi.O.6.47: metaph., of envy, A.Ag.834. (Cf. Skt. vi[snull ]ám 'poison', Lat. vīrus.)
ἰός (C) [ῑ], ὁ,
A rust on iron, or verdigris on copper and bronze, Sapph.141 (dub.), Thgn.451, Pl.R.609a, Ti.59c, Theoc.16.17; ἰ. σιδήρου Dsc.5.80; ἰ. χαλκοῦ Hp.Mul.1.75, Dsc.5.79, Gal.12.218; patina on bronze statues, ὅπως καθαρὸς ἰοῦ ἔσται ὁ ἀνδριάς SIG284.15 (Chios, iv B.C.), cf. Plu.2.395b. (Perh. identical with ἰός B.)
ἰός [ῐ], ἴᾰ, ἰόν,
A one, commonest in fem. (v. εἷς): neut. ἰῷ κίον ἤματι Il.6.422: masc. dat. ἰῷ, = ἐκείνῳ, Leg.Gort.8.8; but, = ἑνί, ib.7.23; acc., τόν γ' ἰὸν ἐνιαυτόν the same year, IG5(1).1390.126 (Andania, i B.C.); ἰός, = μόνος, acc. to Trypho ap.A.D.Pron.56.4.
