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οὖς

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὖς ὠτός

Structure: ὠτ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. ear
  2. hearing
  3. (figuratively) spy
  4. handle of a pitcher or cup

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐὰν ὦσι πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀπολεῖσ αὐτούσ̣ οὐκ ἀνήσεισ πάντα τὸν τόπον ἕνεκεν τῶν πεντήκοντα δικαίων, ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν αὐτῇ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:24)
  • εἶπε δὲ Κύριοσ. ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν Σοδόμοισ πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀφήσω ὅλην τὴν πόλιν καὶ πάντα τὸν τόπον δἰ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:26)
  • καὶ ἔδωκαν τῷ Ἰακὼβ τοὺσ θεοὺσ τοὺσ ἀλλοτρίουσ, οἳ ἦσαν ἐν ταῖσ χερσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἐνώτια τὰ ἐν τοῖσ ὠσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ κατέκρυψεν αὐτὰ Ἰακὼβ ὑπὸ τὴν τερέβινθον τὴν ἐν Σικίμοισ καὶ ἀπώλεσαν αὐτὰ ἕωσ τῆσ σήμερον ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 35:4)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ὀλιγοστοὶ ὦσιν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ὥστε μὴ εἶναι ἱκανοὺσ εἰσ πρόβατον, συλλήψεται μεθ̓ ἑαυτοῦ τὸν γείτονα τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ψυχῶν. ἕκαστοσ τὸ ἀρκοῦν αὐτῷ συναριθμήσεται εἰσ πρόβατον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:4)
  • καὶ περιείλαντο πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ τὰ ἐνώτια τὰ χρυσᾶ τὰ ἐν τοῖσ ὠσὶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἤνεγκαν πρὸσ Ἀαρών. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:3)

Synonyms

  1. ear

  2. hearing

  3. spy

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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