I.the name of a beggar in the house of Ulysses at Ithaca; used proverbially to denote a poor man: “Irus est subito, qui modo Croesus erat,” Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42: “Iron,” id. R. Am. 747; Prop. 3, 3, 39 (4, 4, 17): “Iro pauperior,” Mart. 5, 41, 9; id. 5, 39, 9; 6, 77, 1.—In Ov. Ib. 415, binominis, double-named, because he was named Arnaeus by his mother.
Īrus , i, m., = Ἶρος,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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