οὖς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

οὖας (Homeric)
ὦς (Doric, Hellenistic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-. Cognate with Latin auris, Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Old Church Slavonic ѹхо (uxo), Old Irish au and Old English ēare (English ear).

Pronunciation

(5th BC Attic): IPA: /ó͜os/

(1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /uːs/

(4th AD Koine): IPA: /us/

(10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /us/

(15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /us/

Noun

οὖς (genitive ὠτός) n, third declension; (ous)

ear
hearing
(figuratively) spy
handle of a pitcher or cup

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οὖς	τὰ ὦτᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ ὠτός	τῶν ὤτων
Dative	τῷ ὠτί	τοῖς ὠσί(ν)
Accusative	τὸ οὖς	τὰ ὦτᾰ
Vocative	οὖς	ὦτᾰ