Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰατός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰατός ἰατή ἰατόν

Structure: ἰατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)a/omai

Sense

  1. curable

Examples

  • ὑμεῖσ δέ ἐστε ἰατροὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ἰαταὶ κακῶν πάντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 13:4)
  • καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ὁ ἱερεὺσ ἔξω τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ, καὶ ὄψεται ὁ ἱερεύσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἰᾶται ἡ ἁφὴ τῆσ λέπρασ ἀπὸ τοῦ λεπροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 14:3)
  • ἤδη καὶ ὁ Πολυδάμαντοσ τοῦ ἀθλητοῦ ἀνδριὰσ ἰᾶται τοὺσ πυρέττοντασ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ καὶ ὁ Θεαγένουσ ἐν Θάσῳ, καὶ Ἕκτορι θύουσιν ἐν Ἰλίῳ καὶ Πρωτεσιλάῳ καταντικρὺ ἐν Χερρονήσῳ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 12:3)
  • καὶ ὁ Ἥλιοσ φανεὶσ ἰᾶται τὴν πήρωσιν, καὶ ὁ Ἥφαιστοσ Λημνόθεν ἐπισκοπεῖ τὸ ἔργον. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 29:1)
  • πλὴν ἀλλ̓ ὥσπερ ἐγὼ μαντεύομαι, ὁ δὲ Ἀσκληπιὸσ ἰᾶται, σὺ δὲ παλαίειν διδάσκεισ παιδοτρίβησ ἄριστοσ ὤν, ἡ δὲ Ἄρτεμισ μαιεύεται καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστοσ ἔχει τινὰ τέχνην ἢ θεοῖσ ἢ ἀνθρώποισ χρησίμην, οὗτοι δὲ τί ποιήσουσιν ἡμῖν; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 8:5)

Synonyms

  1. curable

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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