οἶς

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See also: ὄις, ὄϊς, -οις, and οἷς

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 eowu (English ewe).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

οἶς • (oîs) m or f (genitive οἰός); third declension (Attic)

  1. sheep (either a ram or ewe)

Inflection

Irregular declension of ὁ, ἡ οἶς; τοῦ, τῆς οἰός (Attic)
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 / οἰσίν
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
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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.
    • ewe idem, page 286.
    • sheep idem, page 764.
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