ἴτυς
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἴτυς
ἴτυος
Structure:
ἰτυ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- a circle made of willow, the felloe, the edge or rim, the round shield
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καλούμενον πρόσωπον ἥ τε γὰρ ἴτυσ ἀνακλωμένη πολλαχόθεν ἅπτεσθαι τῶν οὐ κατ’ εὐθυωρίαν ὁρωμένων πέφυκεν, ἥ τε πανσέληνοσ αὐτὴ πάντων ἐσόπτρων ὁμαλότητι καὶ στιλπνότητι κάλλιστόν ἐστι καὶ καθαρώτατον. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 3 2:1)
- τῶν ἤτοι χρυσέη ἴτυσ ἄφθιτοσ, αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε χάλκε’ ἐπίσσωτρα προσαρηρότα, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 76:4)
- περὶ μὲν τῇσι κεφαλῇσι κυνέασ εἶχον ἀγχοτάτω πεποιημένασ τρόπον τὸν Ἑλληνικόν, ἐνδεδυκότεσ δὲ θώρηκασ λινέουσ, ἀσπίδασ δὲ ἴτυσ οὐκ ἐχούσασ εἶχον καὶ ἀκόντια. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 89 2:2)
- οὗτοι δὲ εἶχον περὶ μὲν τῇσι κεφαλῇσι κράνεα χηλευτά, ἀσπίδασ δὲ κοίλασ, τὰσ ἴτυσ μεγάλασ ἐχούσασ, καὶ δόρατά τε ναύμαχα καὶ τύχουσ μεγάλουσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 89 4:1)
- ὧν οἱ μὲν ἡγούμενοι τὴν κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐπιφάνειαν ἐσκέπαζον ταῖσ τῶν θυρεῶν προβολαῖσ, οἱ δ’ ἑπόμενοι τὰσ ἐκ τῶν πλαγίων ἠσφάλιζον πλευρὰσ ὑπὲρ τὸν δρύφακτον ὑπερτιθέμενοι τὰσ ἴτυσ τῶν ὅπλων. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 22 10:1)
