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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

  • καὶ ὤρθρισεν Ἀβιμέλεχ τῷ πρωί̈ καὶ ἐκάλεσε πάντασ τοὺσ παῖδασ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησε πάντα τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα εἰσ τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν, ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ πάντεσ οἱ ἄνθρωποι σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:8)
  • καὶ εἶπε τῷ Ἐφρὼν εἰσ τὰ ὦτα ἐναντίον τοῦ λαοῦ τῆσ γῆσ. ἐπειδὴ πρὸσ ἐμοῦ εἶ, ἄκουσόν μου. τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦ ἀγροῦ λάβε παῤ ἐμοῦ, καὶ θάψω τὸν νεκρόν μου ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:13)
  • καὶ ἤκουσεν Ἁβραὰμ τοῦ Ἐφρών, καὶ ἀποκατέστησεν Ἁβραὰμ τῷ Ἐφρὼν τὸ ἀργύριον, ὃ ἐλάλησεν εἰσ τὰ ὦτα τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ, τετρακόσια δίδραχμα ἀργυρίου δοκίμου ἐμπόροισ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:16)
  • Ἐπεὶ δὲ παρῆλθον αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πένθουσ, ἐλάλησεν Ἰωσὴφ πρὸσ τοὺσ δυνάστασ Φαραὼ λέγων. εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον ὑμῶν λαλήσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰσ τὰ ὦτα Φαραὼ λέγοντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 50:4)
  • ὅπωσ διηγήσησθε εἰσ τὰ ὦτα τῶν τέκνων ὑμῶν καὶ τοῖσ τέκνοισ τῶν τέκνων ὑμῶν, ὅσα ἐμπέπαιχα τοῖσ Αἰγυπτίοισ, καὶ τὰ σημεῖά μου, ἃ ἐποίησα ἐν αὐτοῖσ, καὶ γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. ear

  2. hearing

  3. spy

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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