Ancient Greek dictionary · noun
ἰατρός
physician; surgeon; medical doctor
Transliteration: iatros
Dictionary forms: ῑ̓ᾱτρός, ῑ̓ᾱτροῦ
Inflection: second declension
Meaning and definitions
- physician; surgeon; medical doctor
Connected roots
- -iatry
healing, medicine
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- psychiatric
Of, or relating to, psychiatry.
- psychiatry
the study and treatment of mental illness
- geriatric
Relating to the elderly.
- podiatry
Chiropody.
- podiatric
Of or pertaining to podiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the foot
Recorded forms
| Form | Grammar |
|---|---|
| ῑ̓ᾱτρός | nom. sg. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτροί | nom. pl. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτροῦ | gen. sg. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτρῶν | gen. pl. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτρῷ | dat. sg. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτροῖς | dat. pl. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτρόν | acc. sg. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτρούς | acc. pl. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτρέ | voc. sg. |
| ῑ̓ᾱτροί | voc. pl. |
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