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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

  • ἀπὸ γὰρ ἀγλα‐ ῶν λάμπε γυίων σέλασ ὧτε πυρόσ, ἀμφὶ χαίταισ δὲ χρυσεόπλοκοι δίνηντο ταινίαι· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 5:6)
  • ἐνταῦθ’ ἀγοράζειν πᾶσι Πελοποννησίοισ ἔξεστι καὶ Μεγαρεῦσι καὶ Βοιωτίοισ, ἐφ’ ᾧτε πωλεῖν πρὸσ ἐμέ, Λαμάχῳ δὲ μή. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὥτε παῖσ ἐξ ἀλόχου πατρὶ ποθεινὸσ ἵκοντι νεότατοσ τὸ πάλιν ἤδη, μάλα δέ οἱ θερμαίνει φιλότατι νόον· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 10 23:1)
  • ἐγκωμίων γὰρ ἀώτοσ ὕμνων ἐπ’ ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλον ὥτε μέλισσα θύνει λόγον. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 10 17:2)
  • σκοτεινὸν ἀπέχων ψόγον, ὕδατοσ ὥτε ῥοὰσ φίλον ἐσ ἄνδρ’ ἄγων κλέοσ ἐτήτυμον αἰνέσω· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 7 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. ear

  2. hearing

  3. spy

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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