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ὄις

ois

sheep

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὄϊς · ois — Beekes

ὄϊς [m., [] ‘sheep’ (IL). <1E *h,eui- ‘sheep’> eVAR Hom. gen. Sioc, nom.pl. ὄϊες, etc. Att. οἷς, gen. oidc (also Hom.), nom.pl. οἷες; Arg. ὄρις. Details on the inflexion in Schwyzer: 573, Chantraine 1942: 219. In prose, it was ousted by πρόβατον. *COMP Rare compounds and derivatives: οἰο-πόλος ‘herding sheep’ (h. Merc., Pi.), -νόμος ‘id.’ (Delphi IV*, AP, API.). Diminutive ὀΐδιον (Theognost.); οἴεος “of sheep’ … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄϊς, p. 1111]

2. ὄις · ois — Chantraine

ὄις : gén. ὄϊος, nom. pl. ὄιες (Hom., cf. Chantraine, Gr. Hom. 1,219), attique οἷς, gén. οἷός (aussi chez Hom.), flexion différente de celle de πόλις, 616 (SIG 56,30, Argos, ve 8. av.) m., ἔν sovin, brebis » et «bouc», mais chez Hom. le sexe est précisé (Hom., ion.-att.) ; concurrencé par πρόδατον dont le sens est plus large (cf. s.u.) mais qui en prose attique s'emploie pour les ovins, μῆλον désigne le petit … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄις, p. 803]

3. οἷς · hois — Chantraine

οἷς : 834". otinawo : 828". oluwowei : 839". olwoweo : 819". oudidosi : 835. ouki : 1259", oukitemi : 835. ouge : 835, 1098. outemi : 835, owiro : 783. owowe : 786, 839", pailo : 1172*. pajawone : 847. pakana : 1180, 1180*. pakelere : 894". paketerija : 894". pakijane : 1073", pakoto (apetemene) : 1173*. pakowe : 1074*. pakuro, : 866*,. pamako : 1177*. panaki : 1187, parajo : 745*, 851, 851". paraio : 1174", … — [Chantraine, s.v. οἷς, p. 1330]

4. ὄϊς · ois — Frisk

ὄϊς, Gen. dios, Plur. ὄϊες usw. (Hom.); οἷς (att.), οἱός (auch Hom.), oles; ὄξις (arg.) m. f. ‘Schaf’ (seit Il.); Einzelheiten zur Flexion Schwyzer 573 n, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 219 m. Lit.; in ἃ. Prosa von πρόβατον zurückgedrängt. — Sehr seltene Kompp. und Abl.: οἰο-πόλος “Schafe hütend’ (h. Mere., Pi. u.a.), -vöuos “ds.” (Delph. IV®, AP, API.). Demin. ὀΐδιον (Theognost.); oleos "vom Schafe herrührend; {Hdt., … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄϊς, p. 1339]

5. οἷς · hois — Frisk

οἷς “"Eiterbeule’ IL 358 elho 175 elina I 1147 elira 173 era 1713 erbo LI 431 ero I 546 erpf II 432 jähan II 526 fäli 1507, IL 633 jano IL 530 jar, farro IL 580 jära Il 847 faran II 492 far(a)n “Farn’ II 611 jarawa, faro “Farbe, farbig’ II 515 jarwäzan 1184 fedara II 612 fedel-gold ΤΙ 521 jeh IL 572 Jjehtan TIL 493 feili ΤΙ 633 fel, felles IL 499 felis ΤΙ 499 jerzan IL 512 fiara ΤΙ 530 fihu IL 493 filu II 578 filz … — [Frisk, s.v. οἷς, p. 2393]

6. ὄϊς · ois — LSJ

sheep, ram, ewe

sheep, Hom., Hes., etc. (v. supr.) (but rare in Prose, πρόβατον being preferred), both of the ram and the ewe, though sts. a word is added to mark gender, ὄϊν ἀρνειὸν ῥέζειν θῆλύν τε μέλαιναν Od. 10.527, cf. 9.425 ; ὄϊν . . θῆλυν, ὑπόρρηνον Il. 10.215. [Always ῐ, exc. in dat. sg. ὀῑ, acc. pl. ὀῑς: gen. sg. οἰός exceptionally ⏑_ (before a consonant) in Mnesim. 4.47 : in οἴιες οἰ- may stand metri gr. for ὀ- (cf. πνοιή, ἠγνοίησε, etc.), but for Cret. οἶις, οἶιν some other expl. is needed.] (Arg. ὄϝ

7. οἷς · hois — LSJ

= οἷ, GDI 1685, al.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄις (scan pp. 1111-1112; entry #4471).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄις (scan pp. 803-804; entry #5823).

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