οἶσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• οἰσος (oisos)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ôi̯.sos/ → /ˈy.sos/ → /ˈi.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ôi̯.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈy.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sos/

Noun

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

1. the withy or the chaste tree

Declension

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 tōî 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

• οἶσᾰξ (oîsăx)
• οἰσόκᾰρπον (oisókărpon)
• οἶσον (oîson)
• οἰσῠ́ᾱ (oisŭ́ā)
• οἴσῠᾰ (oísŭă)
• οἰσῠ́η (oisŭ́ē)
• οἰσῠ́ῐ̈νος (oisŭ́ĭ̈nos)
• οἰσῠουργός (oisŭourgós)

Further reading

• “οἶσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οἶσος” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN