1. ὄϊς · ois — Beekes
sheep
The corpus record
ὄις
ois
sheep
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Peace 4 · 5.02/10k
- Odyssey 33 · 3.8/10k
- Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
- Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Iliad 22 · 1.97/10k
- Against Macartatus 1 · 1.61/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
- Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
- Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ὄις · ois — Chantraine
gén
3. οἷς · hois — Chantraine
. otinawo : 828
4. ὄϊς · ois — Frisk
Schaf
5. οἷς · hois — Frisk
Eiterbeule
6. ὄϊς · ois — LSJ
sheep, ram, ewe
7. οἷς · hois — LSJ
Attestations
- οἰῶν · oiōn Iliad 3.198
- ὄϊες · oies Iliad 4.433
- ὀΐεσσι · oiessi Iliad 5.137
- ὄεσσι · oessi Iliad 6.25
- ὀΐεσσι · oiessi Iliad 6.424
- ὄϊος · oios Iliad 9.207
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1111-1112; entry #4471 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 803-804; entry #5823 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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