Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

οὖας

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὖας

Etym.: poet. for ou)=s

Sense

  1. ear.

Examples

  • εἰ δέ τοι δεινὸν τό γε δεινὸν ἦν, καί κεν ἐμῶν ῥημάτων λεπτὸν ὑπεῖχεσ οὐᾶσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2644)
  • ἢ τί παρακλίνασ οὐᾶσ ἄγεισ καλάμῳ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2442)
  • Κνήμῃ νεκρὸσ ὄνοσ με κερασφόρῳ οὐᾶσ ἔκρουσεν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 21)
  • συλεύεισ βλεφάρων φάοσ ὄμμασιν, οὐᾶσ ἀοιδῇ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2312)
  • ὄβριμον ἀκαμάτου στίχον αἴνεσον Ἀντιμάχοιο, ἄξιον ἀρχαίων ὀφρύοσ ἡμιθέων, Πιερίδων χαλκευτὸν ἐπ’ ἄκμοσιν, εἰ τορὸν οὐᾶσ ἔλλαχεσ, εἰ ζαλοῖσ τὰν ἀγέλαστον ὄπα, εἰ τὰν ἄτριπτον καὶ ἀνέμβατον ἀτραπὸν ἄλλοισ μαίεαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4091)

Synonyms

  1. ear

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

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