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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 σφάξεισ αὐτόν, καὶ λήψῃ τοῦ αἵματοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιθήσεισ ἐπὶ τὸν λοβὸν τοῦ ὠτὸσ Ἀαρὼν τοῦ δεξιοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆσ δεξιᾶσ χειρὸσ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ποδὸσ τοῦ δεξιοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ λοβοὺσ τῶν ὤτων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 29:20)
  • καὶ προσήγαγε Μωυσῆσ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἀαρών, καὶ ἐπέθηκε Μωυσῆσ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματοσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ λοβοὺσ τῶν ὤτων τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν, καὶ προσέχεε Μωυσῆσ τὸ αἷμα ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κύκλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 8:24)
  • ὁ γὰρ δὴ γέρων Ἡρακλῆσ ἐκεῖνοσ ἀνθρώπων πάμπολύ τι πλῆθοσ ἕλκει ἐκ τῶν ὤτων ἅπαντασ δεδεμένουσ. (Lucian, Hercules, 3:2)
  • ὥστε εἰ τῶν ὤτων ἐκδεδεμένουσ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ πρὸσ τὴν γλῶτταν ὁ γέρων οὗτοσ Ἡρακλῆσ ἕλκει,^ μηδὲ τοῦτο θαυμάσῃσ εἰδὼσ τὴν ὤτων καὶ γλώττησ συγγένειαν· (Lucian, Hercules, 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. ear

  2. hearing

  3. spy

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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