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ArchivesRe: does Iridia mean Iris
in reply to a message by Justine
Yes, but ...
Ancient Greek inflects the name Iris, Iridos (genitive) clearly showing a -d- in the stem that is just dropped in the nominative. The modern Greek form of the name is Irida. But the inserted third -i- is somewhat irritating, it it either a contamination from another name (maybe the chemical element Iridium, named after the rainbow colours of its salts) or the whole name is instead a variant of Irodia.
--elbowin
Ancient Greek inflects the name Iris, Iridos (genitive) clearly showing a -d- in the stem that is just dropped in the nominative. The modern Greek form of the name is Irida. But the inserted third -i- is somewhat irritating, it it either a contamination from another name (maybe the chemical element Iridium, named after the rainbow colours of its salts) or the whole name is instead a variant of Irodia.
--elbowin
This message was edited 9/23/2019, 6:37 AM
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