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 eowu (English ewe). Apparently a doublet of κῶας (kôas) via Anatolian.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ôi̯s/
- (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 or 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 tōî / tēî 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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Synonyms
Hyponyms
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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.