Ἰταλία
Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A Italy, Hdt.1.24, etc. [Ιτ-, S.Ant.1119 (lyr.), Call.Dian.58.]
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἰταλία: Ἰων. -ίη, ἡ, Ἠρόδ. 1. 24, κτλ. Ἡ πρώτη συλλαβὴ ἐκτείνεται ἐν δακτυλικῷ στίχῳ, Σοφ. Ἀντ. 1119, Καλλ. εἰς Ἥραν 58, ὡς τὸ Italia παρ’ Οὐεργιλίῳ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
Italie.
English (Strong)
probably of foreign origin; Italia, a region of Europe: Italy.
Greek Monotonic
Ἰταλία: Ιων. -ίη, ἡ, η Ιταλία, σε Ηρόδ. κ.λπ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἰτᾰλίᾱ: ион. Ἰτᾰλίη (ῐ и ῑ) ἡ Италия Her., Xen. etc.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: Italy (Hdt.). The word indicated originally only the south; only since Augustus does it stand for the wole.
Derivatives: -ικός Italian (Pl.), f. -ίς, -ιδος period of the (feast) Italika; -ιώτης Italian ((Hdt.), f. -ιῶτις (Th.), -ίδης id. (AP), -ιωτικός id. (Pl.); -ός Italian (Parth.); -ιάζω live in It. H; -ίης Italian (Ion.).
Etymology: Compared with Osc. vítelliú Italy. No etym. The comparison with vitulus cow will be a mere guess.
