ἴον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[violet]] (Hom., Thphr.).<br />Compounds: Determin. comp. <b class="b3">λευκό-ϊον</b> = <b class="b3">ἴον λευκόν</b> <b class="b2">stock-gillyflower</b> (Thphr.; Risch IF. 59, 257); often as 1. member, e. g. <b class="b3">ἰο-ειδής</b> <b class="b2">violet-coloured</b> (<b class="b3">πόντος</b>; Il.), <b class="b3">ἰο-στέφανος</b> <b class="b2">violet-crowned</b>, Athen (h. Hom. 6, 18, Pi., Thgn.), <b class="b3">ἰό-κολπος</b> <b class="b2">with violet bossom</b> (Sapph.; vgl. Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 171), <b class="b3">ἰο-δνεφής</b>, s. <b class="b3">δνόφος</b>; on <b class="b3">ἰάνθινος</b> s. v. Wrong Bénaky REGr. 28, 16ff.: <b class="b3">ἴον</b> in <b class="b3">ἰο-ειδής</b> etc. IIp referring to the colour.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἰόεις</b> <b class="b2">violet-coloured</b> = <b class="b2">dark-blue</b> (<b class="b3">σίδηρος Ψ</b> 850, <b class="b3">θάλασσα</b> Nic.); <b class="b3">ἰωνιά</b> <b class="b2">violet-bed</b>, also plant-name (Thphr.), after <b class="b3">ῥοδων-ιά</b>, <b class="b3">θημων-ιά</b> (Scheller Oxytonierung 70f.); <b class="b3">ἰοντῖτις</b> f. plant-name = <b class="b3">ἀριστολόχεια</b> (Dsc.; after <b class="b3">κληματῖτις</b>?, Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 72).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Medit.<br />Etymology: H. <b class="b3">γία</b> (= <b class="b3">Ϝία</b>) <b class="b3">ἄνθη</b> and the epic metrics confirm the connection with Lat. [[viola]]; both prob. come from a Mediterranean language, s. W.-Hofmann s. v.