οἶς

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 ēowu (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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

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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