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ἰατρός

ἰατρός, ἰᾱτρός, ἰᾱτροῦ, ὁ, doctor

ἰᾱτρός, (written hιατρ-, SEG 31.834, Megara Hyblaea, vi BC) Ion. ἰητρός, ὁ (ἡ), (ἰάομαι)
  • like ἰατήρ, one who heals, physician or surgeon, Il. 16.28, al., Hdt. 3.130 sq.; ἰητρὸς ἀνήρ Il. 11.514; φὼς ἰ. A. Supp. 261; ἥρως ἰ., worshipped at Athens and elsewhere, D. 19.249, IG 2(2).840, AB 263, etc.; οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι S. Aj. 581; ἰατρῶν παῖδες, for ἰατροί, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 7; as a name of Apollo, Ar. Av. 584 (anap.), Lyc. 1207, IPE 2.6 (Panticapaeum); ἰ. ὀφθαλμῶν, κεφαλῆς, ὀδόντων Hdt. 2.84: as fem., of Artemis, Diog. Trag.1.5; of Aphrodite, Plu. Coniug. 2.143d: pl., of certain Nymphs in Elis, Hsch.; μαῖα καὶ ἰατρὸς Φανοστράτη, CEG 569 (Acharnae, iv BC), Hellad. ap. Phot. Bibl. p.531a.
    • II metaph., εὐφροσύνα πόνων ἰ. Pi. N. 4.2; ὦ θάνατε, . . τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰ. A. Fr. 255; ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰ. νόσων S. Fr. 698; ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι A. Pr. 380, cf. Ch. 699; [ἀτυχίας] Antipho 2.2.13; τῆς πόλεως <κακῶς> βουλευσαμένης Th. 6.14; λύπης ἰ. χρόνος Diph. 117; τῆς ὕβρεως Ath. 14.627e: Comically, βουλιμίας, of a table, Timocl. 13.3; γῆς ἰ., of a farmer, Secund. Sent. 16. [ῑᾱ Trag., also Antiph. 259, Diph. 88, Men. 497, etc.: ῐα in [Emp.] 157, E. Fr. 1072, Ar. Ec. 363, Pl. 406, Philem. 11, Men. 282, etc.: ῑᾱ monosyll., TAM 2(1).369.] [edits to reflect LSJ Supp. entry]

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