Included with: Ἶρις, ιδος, ἡ,
accusative Ἶριν, vocative Ἶρι:— “Iris”, the messenger of the gods among themselves, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.398 (never in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 780, etc. (Perh. from Ϝῖρις] Refs 8th c.BC+], compare ὠκέα Ἶρις [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.786, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; ὦκα δὲ Ἶρις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.198 (Papyrus); possibly also from Ἐϝῖρις: Εἶρις is the name of a ship, “IG” 22.1611c137 (4th c.BC), but ἶρις is written in “Michel” 832 (Samos, 4th c.BC): allegorized as προφορικὸς λόγος and derived from εἴρω by “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.43.) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II as appellative, ἶρις, ἡ, genitive ἴριδος [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.13, also εως 1st c.AD: Andromachus Poeta Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.43, “POxy.” 1088.34 (1st c.AD), “Geoponica” 6.8.1] Refs 4th c.BC+]; accusative ἶριν [[ “Michel” [same place], 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.664e, ἴριδα 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 406 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Epic dialect dative plural ἴρισσιν (see. below):—rainbow, δράκοντες.., ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.27, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 375a1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.51U. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 any bright-coloured circle surrounding another body, as the lunar rainbow, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 375a18; ] Refs 4th c.BC+]halo of candle, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 13; round the eyes of a peacock's tail, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; the iris of the eye, [[ 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 24, [2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus] 14.702] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, section through the ciliary region, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 10.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]