οὐσίη

Ancient Greek

Noun

οὐσίη • (ousíē) f (genitive οὐσίης); ? declension

1. Ionic form of οὐσία (ousía)
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.92:

     τὰ μέν νυν ἔς τε Δελφοὺς καὶ ἐς τοῦ Ἀμφιάρεω ἀνέθηκε οἰκήιά τε ἐόντα καὶ τῶν πατρωίων χρημάτων ἀπαρχήν· τὰ δὲ ἄλλα ἀναθήματα ἐξ ἀνδρὸς ἐγένετο οὐσίης ἐχθροῦ, ὅς οἱ πρὶν ἢ βασιλεῦσαι ἀντιστασιώτης κατεστήκεε, συσπεύδων Πανταλέοντι γενέσθαι τὴν Λυδῶν ἀρχήν. ἐπείτε δὲ δόντος τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκράτησε τῆς ἀρχῆς ὁ Κροῖσος, τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν ἀντιπρήσσοντα ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκων διέφθειρε, τὴν δὲ οὐσίην αὐτοῦ ἔτι πρότερον κατιρώσας τότε τρόπῳ τῷ εἰρημένῳ ἀνέθηκε ἐς τὰ εἴρηται.

     tà mén nun és te Delphoùs kaì es toû Amphiáreō anéthēke oikḗiá te eónta kaì tôn patrōíōn khrēmátōn aparkhḗn; tà dè álla anathḗmata ex andròs egéneto ousíēs ekhthroû, hós hoi prìn ḕ basileûsai antistasiṓtēs katestḗkee, suspeúdōn Pantaléonti genésthai tḕn Ludôn arkhḗn. epeíte dè dóntos toû patròs ekrátēse tês arkhês ho Kroîsos, tòn ánthrōpon tòn antiprḗssonta epì knáphou hélkōn diéphtheire, tḕn dè ousíēn autoû éti próteron katirṓsas tóte trópōi tôi eirēménōi anéthēke es tà eírētai.

Declension

First declension of ἡ οὐσῐ́η; τῆς οὐσῐ́ης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οὐσῐ́η hē ousíē	τὼ οὐσῐ́ᾱ tṑ ousíā	αἱ οὐσῐ́αι hai ousíai
Genitive	τῆς οὐσῐ́ης tês ousíēs	τοῖν οὐσῐ́αιν toîn ousíain	τῶν οὐσῐέων / οὐσῐῶν tôn ousiéōn / ousiôn
Dative	τῇ οὐσῐ́ῃ têi ousíēi	τοῖν οὐσῐ́αιν toîn ousíain	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν οὐσῐ́ῃσῐ / οὐσῐ́ῃσῐν têisi(n) ousíēisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν οὐσῐ́ην tḕn ousíēn	τὼ οὐσῐ́ᾱ tṑ ousíā	τᾱ̀ς οὐσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ousíās
Vocative	οὐσῐ́η ousíē	οὐσῐ́ᾱ ousíā	οὐσῐ́αι ousíai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.