οἶς

See also: ὄις, ὄϊς, -οις, and οἷς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄϊς (óïs) — Epic

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

 

• IPA^(key): /ôi̯s/ → /ys/ → /is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ôi̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is/

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

• πρόβατον (próbaton)
• ἀρήν (arḗn)

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.
  • ewe idem, page 286.
  • sheep idem, page 764.