ἴννος

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ἔργοισι χρηστός, οὐ λόγοις ἔφυν μόνον → a friend in deeds, and not in words alone

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἴννος: ὁ, = γίννος, ὃ ἴδε.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἴννος: ἰννός и ἵννος ὁ Arst. v. l. = γῖννος.

Frisk Etymological English

1
Meaning: child H
Origin: see on ἶνις son, daughter.
2
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: (young) mule, = γίννος (Arist.; more on the meaning in H. s. v. and Meister KZ 32, 143ff., with a wrong etymology).
Compounds: As 2. member prob. in ὄν-ιννος name of an animal, s. v.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Like γίννος unexplained foreign word with hypocoristic gemination. Assuming a basic *ἴσνος Brugmann IF 22, 197ff. (cf. Kretschmer Glotta 2, 351, where onomatopoet. origin is considered) through Pont. *išno- to connect Arm. ēš, pl. išan-k ass. - Lat. LW [loanword] hinnus with h- after hinnīre. Cf. on ὄνος.