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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

  • ἡμᾶσ δ’ ἀ‐ παλλαχθέντασ ἐπ’ ἀγαθαῖσ τύχαισ ὀβελισκολυχνίου καὶ ξιφομαχαίρασ πικρᾶσ επακ επισ ασελ ωτι πῶσ μεν δαίμ γωδ ὀισπ φη εν νειμ απτ Φιλύ λλιοσ π δι λα φ ξ δ φολ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 60 2:12)
  • ἀλλὰ τῷ ὠτὶ ἑκατέρῳ τοῦτο ποιεῖ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 38:4)

Synonyms

  1. ear

  2. hearing

  3. spy

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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