ιός
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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ἰός (iós, “poison; venom”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (medicine, microbiology) virus
- Antonym: αντιιός (antiiós)
- 2020 November 1, Μερόπη Μανταίου, “Ο ιός της πανδημίας [The pandemic virus]”, in Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών [Newspaper of the Journalists]:
- Ο ιός και η ασθένεια εντοπίστηκαν για πρώτη φορά στην πόλη Γουχάν της Κίνας τον Δεκέμβριο του 2019.
- O iós kai i asthéneia entopístikan gia próti forá stin póli Gouchán tis Kínas ton Dekémvrio tou 2019.
- The virus and the disease were first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
- (computing) virus
- (rare, obsolete, historical) poison, venom (non-living compound or agent that causes harm)
Declension
Declension of ιός
Coordinate terms
- βακτηρίδιο n (vaktirídio, “bacterium”)
- βακτήριο n (vaktírio, “bacterium”)
- κορωνοϊός m (koronoïós, “coronavirus”)
- μικρόβιο n (mikróvio, “microbe, germ”)
Related terms
Further reading
ιός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- ιόν n (ión, “ion”)
- ἴον n (íon, “violet”) (older and ancient Greek)
