οἶς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contracted form of ὄϊς (óïs), from Proto-Hellenic *ówis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Cognate with Sanskrit अवि (ávi), Latin ovis, and Old English ēowu (English ewe).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ói̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /is/
Noun
οἶς • (oîs) m, f (genitive οἰός); third declension
(Attic)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ οἶς ho, hē oîs |
τὼ οἶε tṑ oîe |
οἱ, αἱ οἶες hoi, hai oîes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς οἰός toû, tês oiós |
τοῖν οἰοῖν toîn oioîn |
τῶν οἰῶν tôn oiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ οἰί tôi, têi oií |
τοῖν οἰοῖν toîn oioîn |
τοῖς, ταῖς οἰσί(ν) toîs, taîs oisí(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν οἶν tòn, tḕn oîn |
τὼ οἶε tṑ oîe |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς οἶς toùs, tā̀s oîs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | οἶ oî |
οἶε oîe |
οἶες oîes | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- πρόβατον (próbaton)
Further reading
- οἶς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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