οἶος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *óywos, from Proto-Indo-European *óywos (one, single), compare *óynos.

Cognates include Old Latin oinos (Latin ūnus), Sanskrit एक (éka) and Old English ān (English one and an).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

οἶος (oîosm (feminine οἴᾱ, neuter οἶον); first/second declension

  1. only, single

Declension

See also

References

  • οἶος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • οἶος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • οἶος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • οἶος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • οἶος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • οἶος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.