COMPOUND: ἰοχέαιρα, -ας
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘arrow-pourer, shooter of arrows’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem ἰο- (ἰός) ‘arrow’ + verbal stem *χε(Ϝ)-αρ- (χέω) ‘shed, scatter’ + f. noun suf. -α
OCCURRENCE: Il. V, 53, 447; VI, 428; IX, 538; XX, 39, 71; XXI, 480; XXIV, 606; Od. VI, 102; XI, 172, 198; XV, 478
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. sg., acc. f. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: epith. of Artemis