ἶβις

A. ἴβιος Hdt. 2.76, etc., ἴβεως Ael. NA 10.29, Porph. Abst. 4.9, Gp. 13.8.5, ἴβιδος Suid.; acc. ἶβιν Hdt. 2.75: pl. ἴβιες Arist. (v. infr.), Ion. acc. ἴβις Hdt. 2.67,75; gen. pl. ἰβίων PTeb. 5.70 (ii B.C.); dat. pl. ἴβεσι Ph. 2.570, Paus. 8.22.5:—ibis, an Egyptian bird, of which there were two species, white ibis, I. religiosa, and black ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, Hdt. 2.75, Ar. Av. 1296, Arist. HA 617b27, etc.; ἰβίων τροφή PPetr. 3p.229 (iii B.C.).