ἰατρός

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Ion. ἰητρός, ὁ, (ἰάομαι)

   A like ἰατήρ, one who heals, physician or surgeon, Il.16.28, al., Hdt.3.130sq.; ἰητρὸς ἀνήρ Il.11.514; φὼς ἰ. A.Supp.261; ἥρως ἰ., worshipped at Athens and elsewhere, D. 19.249, IG22.840, AB263, etc.; οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι S.Aj.581; ἰατρῶν παῖδες, for ἰατροί, Luc.Hist. Conscr.7; as a name of Apollo, Ar.Av.584 (anap.), Lyc.1207, IPE2.6 (Panticapaeum); ἰ. ὀφθαλμῶν, κεφαλῆς, ὀδόντων Hdt.2.84: as fem., of Artemis, Diog. Trag.1.5; of Aphrodite, Plu.2.143d: pl., of certain Nymphs in Elis, Hsch.; midwife, Hellad. ap. Phot.Bibl.p.531 B., Hsch. s.v. μαῖα.    II metaph., εὐφροσύνα πόνων ἰ. Pi.N.4.2; ὦ θάνατε, . . τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰ. A.Fr.255; ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰ. νόσων S.Fr.698; ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι A.Pr.380, cf. Ch.699; [ἀτυχίας] Antipho 2.2.13; τῆς πόλεως <κακῶς> βουλευσαμένης Th.6.14; λύπης ἰ. χρόνος Diph.117; τῆς ὕβρεως Ath.14.627e: Comically, βουλιμίας, of a table, Timocl.13.3; γῆς ἰ., of a farmer, Secund.Sent. 16. [ῑᾱ Trag., also Antiph.259, Diph.88, Men.497, etc.: ῐα in [Emp.] 157, E.Fr.1072, Ar.Ec.363, Pl.406, Philem.11, Men.282, etc.: ῑᾱ monosyll., TAM2(1).369.]