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οἴεος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἴεος οἴεᾱ οἴεον

Structure: οἰε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: oi)=s

Sense

  1. of or from a sheep

Examples

  • ἦ τοι μὲν τάδε καὐτὸσ ὀίεαι, ὥσ κεν ἐτύχθη, εἰ ζωόν γ’ Αἴγισθον ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἔτετμεν Ἀτρεί̈δησ Τροίηθεν ἰών, ξανθὸσ Μενέλαοσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 25:3)
  • ἦ τινά που δόλον ἄλλον ὀίεαι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 41:2)
  • δαιμονίη αἰεὶ μὲν ὀί̈εαι οὐδέ σε λήθω· (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 59:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or from a sheep

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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