οὖς

See also: ους, ουσ., -οῦς, and οὕς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. Cognate with Old English ēare (English ear), Latin auris, Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Old Church Slavonic оухо (uxo), and Old Irish áu.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

οὖς • (oûs) n (genitive ὠτός); third declension

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) ear
  2. hearing
  3. (from resemblance to an ear):
    1. handle of a pitcher or cup
    2. (architecture) Synonym of πᾰρωτῐ́ς (parōtís).
    3. Ellipsis of οὖς Ἀ̆φροδῑ́της (oûs Aphrodī́tēs).: A kind of shellfish.
    4. (anatomy) auricle of the heart
    5. The name of part of a bandage.
    6. (figuratively) spy

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ οὖς; τοῦ ὠτός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ οὖς
tò oûs		 τὼ ὦτε
tṑ ôte		 τᾰ̀ ὦτᾰ
tà ôta
Genitive τοῦ ὠτός
toû ōtós		 τοῖν ὤτοιν
toîn ṓtoin		 τῶν ὤτων
tôn ṓtōn
Dative τῷ ὠτῐ́
tôi ōtí		 τοῖν ὤτοιν
toîn ṓtoin		 τοῖς ὠσῐ́ / ὠσῐ́ν
toîs ōsí(n)
Accusative τὸ οὖς
tò oûs		 τὼ ὦτε
tṑ ôte		 τᾰ̀ ὦτᾰ
tà ôta
Vocative οὖς
oûs		 ὦτε
ôte		 ὦτᾰ
ôta
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.
Third declension of οὖς; οὔᾰτος (Epic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative οὖς
oûs		 οὔᾰτᾰ
oúata
Genitive οὔᾰτος
oúatos		 οὐάτων
ouátōn
Dative οὔᾰτῐ
oúati		 οὔᾰσῐ / οὔᾰσῐν / ὠσί / ὠσίν
oúasi(n) / ōsí(n)
Accusative οὖς
oûs		 οὔᾰτᾰ
oúata
Vocative οὖς
oûs		 οὔᾰτᾰ
oúata
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms
  • ὠτεγχῠ́της (ōtenkhútēs)
  • ὠτογλῠφῐ́ς (ōtogluphís)
  • ὠτοειδής (ōtoeidḗs)
  • ὠτοθλᾰδῐ́ᾱς (ōtothladíās)
  • ὠτοκλᾰδῐ́ᾱς (ōtokladíās)
  • ὠτοκοπέω (ōtokopéō)
  • ὠτοκωφέω (ōtokōphéō)
  • ὠτοκᾰ́τᾰξις (ōtokátaxis)
  • ὠτολᾰβῐ́ς (ōtolabís)
  • ὠτόλῐκνος (ōtóliknos)
  • ὠτοπέτης (ōtopétēs)
  • ὠτοπᾰ́ροχος (ōtopárokhos)
  • ὠτόρρῠτος (ōtórrhutos)
  • ὦτος (ôtos)
  • ὠτότμητος (ōtótmētos)
  • ὠτώεις (ōtṓeis)
  • ὠτᾰκουστέω (ōtakoustéō)
  • ὠτᾰκουστής (ōtakoustḗs)
  • ὠτᾰλγέω (ōtalgéō)
  • ὠτᾰλγῐ́ᾱ (ōtalgíā)
  • ὠτᾰρᾶς (ōtarâs)
  • ὠτᾰ́ρῐον (ōtárion)
  • ὠτῐκός (ōtikós)
  • ὠτῐ́ον (ōtíon)
  • ὠτῐοφόρος (ōtiophóros)
  • ὠτῐ́ς (ōtís)

Descendants
  • Koine Greek: ὠτίον (ōtíon), ὠτία (ōtía)
    • Byzantine Greek: ἀφτίον (aphtíon), ἀφτία (aphtía)
  • → English: oto-, ot-

References

Further reading
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