οὖς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• οὖας (Homeric)
• ὦς (Doric, Hellenistic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-. Cognate with Latin auris, Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Old Church Slavonic ѹхо (uxo), Old Irish au and Old English ēare (English ear).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [óː̀s]
• (Koine): IPA: [uːs]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [us]

Noun

οὖς (genitive ὠτός) n, third declension; (ous)

1. ear
2. hearing
3. (figuratively) spy
4. handle of a pitcher or cup

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τό οὖς	τά ὦτᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ ὠτός	τῶν ὤτων
Dative	τῷ ὠτί	τοῖς ὠσί(ν)
Accusative	τό οὖς	τά ὦτᾰ
Vocative	οὖς	ὦτᾰ

Descendants

• English: ot-

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G3775