Ἶσις

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See also: Ίσις

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣst,

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Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἶσῐς • (Îsis) f (genitive Ῑ̓́σῐδος or Ῑ̓́σεως); third declension

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Isis
    • Marble stela found in Piraeus :
      ἐν ᾧ ίδρύσονται τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Ἀφροδίτης καθάπερ καὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὸ τῆς Ἴσιδος ἱερὸν ἵδρυνται
      en hôi ídrúsontai tò hieròn tês Aphrodítēs katháper kaì hoi Aigúptioi tò tês Ísidos hieròn hídruntai
      in which they will build for themselves the temple of Aphrodite exactly as the Egyptians have built for themselves the temple of Isis
    • Apollodorus, Library 2.1.3:
      ἱδρύσατο δὲ ἄγαλμα Δήμητρος, ἣν ἐκάλεσαν Ἶσιν Αἰγύπτιοι, καὶ τὴν Ἰὼ Ἶσιν ὁμοίως προσηγόρευσαν.
      hidrúsato dè ágalma Dḗmētros, hḕn ekálesan Îsin Aigúptioi, kaì tḕn Iṑ Îsin homoíōs prosēgóreusan.
      • Translation by Sir James George Frazer
        And she set up an image of Demeter, whom the Egyptians called Isis, and Io likewise they called by the name of Isis.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἶσῐς; τῆς Ῑ̓́σῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἶσῐς
hē Îsis
Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓́σῐδος
tês Ī́sidos
Dative τῇ Ῑ̓́σῐδῐ
têi Ī́sidi
Accusative τὴν Ῑ̓́σῐδᾰ
tḕn Ī́sida
Vocative Ἶσῐς
Îsis
Notes:
Third declension of ἡ Ἶσῐς; τῆς Ῑ̓́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἶσῐς
hē Îsis
Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓́σεως
tês Ī́seōs
Dative τῇ Ῑ̓́σει
têi Ī́sei
Accusative τὴν Ἶσῐν
tḕn Îsin
Vocative Ἶσῐ
Îsi
Notes:
Ἶσις

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Ίσις f sg (Ísis), Ίσιδα f sg (Ísida)
  • → Latin: Īsis f sg
    • → English: Isis (learned)
    • → French: Isis f sg (learned)
    • → Spanish: Isis f sg (learned)

References

  • “Ἶσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ἶσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
  • Plato Cratylus 401 C
  • Apollodorus 2,9
  • Plutarch Osiris and Isis 60-62
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