οἶσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • οἰσος (oisos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”). Compare Ancient Greek ἰτέα (itéa, “willow”), Latin vītis (“vine”) and Proto-Germanic *wiþiz (“withe”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

οἶσος • (oîsos) m (genitive οἴσου); second declension

  1. The withy or the chaste tree

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ οἶσος; τοῦ οἴσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ οἶσος
ho oîsos		 τὼ οἴσω
tṑ oísō		 οἱ οἶσοι
hoi oîsoi
Genitive τοῦ οἴσου
toû oísou		 τοῖν οἴσοιν
toîn oísoin		 τῶν οἴσων
tôn oísōn
Dative τῷ οἴσῳ
tôi oísōi		 τοῖν οἴσοιν
toîn oísoin		 τοῖς οἴσοις
toîs oísois
Accusative τὸν οἶσον
tòn oîson		 τὼ οἴσω
tṑ oísō		 τοὺς οἴσους
toùs oísous
Vocative οἶσε
oîse		 οἴσω
oísō		 οἶσοι
oîsoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • οἶσαξ (oîsax)
  • οἰσόκαρπον (oisókarpon)
  • οἶσον (oîson)
  • οἴσυα (oísua)
  • οἰσύα (oisúa)
  • οἰσύϊνος (oisúïnos)
  • οἰσυουργός (oisuourgós)

Further reading
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