υἱύς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hūyús. Cognate with Old Armenian ուստր (ustr), Tocharian A se, Tocharian B soy.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

υἱύς (huiúsm (genitive υἱέος); third declension

  1. Old Attic form of υἱός (huiós, son)

Inflection

References

  • υἱός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Wilhelm Klein (1887) Die griechischen Vasen mit Meister-signaturen, 2nd edition, Wien: Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 72:.