Ἰάσων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Apparently from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “to heal”), making it related to the name of the goddess Ἰασώ (Iasṓ), maybe from ἴασις (íasis, “cure”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἰᾱ́σων • (Iā́sōn) m (genitive Ἰᾱ́σονος); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jason

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ἰᾱ́σων; τοῦ Ἰᾱ́σονος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἰᾱ́σων
ho Iā́sōn
Genitive τοῦ Ἰᾱ́σονος
toû Iā́sonos
Dative τῷ Ἰᾱ́σονῐ
tôi Iā́soni
Accusative τὸν Ἰᾱ́σονᾰ
tòn Iā́sona
Vocative Ἰᾶσον
Iâson
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ιάσων (Iáson), Ιάσονας (Iásonas), Γιάσονας (Giásonas)
  • → Etruscan: 𐌄𐌀𐌔𐌖𐌍 (easun)
  • → Georgian: იასონი (iasoni)
  • → Hebrew: יאסון (Yason)
  • → Latin: Iason

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.