A.stout, strong, of bodily strength, ὤμοις ἰ. Il.18.204; κρατὶ ἐπ᾽ ἰ. 3.336; “ἰ. ποταμῶν” 17.749; “βοῶν ἴ. κάρηνα” 23.260; of heroes, ἴ. ψυχαί, κεφαλαί, 1.3, 11.55; of Hades, Od. 10.534; also, of women, comely, stately, “ἰ. βασίλεια” 16.332; “ἄλοχος” Il.5.415, Theoc.17.128; “παράκοιτις” Od.23.92, etc.; “θυγάτηρ” 15.364; “Πηρώ” 11.287: later, generally, strong, powerful, “ἰφθίμης φιλότητος” D.P.655:—Hom. uses ἰφθίμη of women; but ἴφθιμοι ψυχαί, κεφαλαί, speaking of men. (No ϝ-; prob. not cogn. with ἴς, ἶφι.)
ἴφθι_μος , η, ον, also ος, ον (v. infr.),