I.Iris, the messenger of the gods, Il.
II.as Appellat. ἰρις, ἡ: — the rainbow, iris, in Hom., as in the Bible, a sign to men, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων Il.
2.any bright-coloured circle as that round the eyes of a peacock's tail, Luc.
3.the plant Iris, Theophr.