υἱύς

See also: υἱΰς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• υἱΰς (huiǘs) — hypercorrect
• ῡ̔ῠ́ς (hūŭ́s)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hūyús. Cognate with Old Armenian ուստր (ustr), Tocharian A se, Tocharian B soy.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyː.ýs/ → /yˈys/ → /iˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyː.ýs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈis/

Noun

υἱῠ́ς • (huiŭ́s) m (genitive υἱέος); third declension

1. Old Attic form of υἱός (huiós, “son”)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ υἱῠ́ς; τοῦ υἱέος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ υἱῠ́ς ho huiŭ́s	τὼ υἱεῖ tṑ huieî	οἱ υἱεῖς hoi huieîs
Genitive	τοῦ υἱέος toû huiéos	τοῖν υἱέοιν toîn huiéoin	τῶν υἱέων tôn huiéōn
Dative	τῷ υἱεῖ tōî huieî	τοῖν υἱέοιν toîn huiéoin	τοῖς υἱέσῐ / υἱέσῐν toîs huiésĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν υἱῠ́ν tòn huiŭ́n	τὼ υἱεῖ tṑ huieî	τοὺς υἱεῖς toùs huieîs
Vocative	υἱῠ́ huiŭ́	υἱεῖ huieî	υἱεῖς huieîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ ῡ̔ῠ́ς; τοῦ ῡ̔έος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῡ̔ῠ́ς ho hūŭ́s	τὼ ῡ̔εῖ tṑ hūeî	οἱ ῡ̔εῖς hoi hūeîs
Genitive	τοῦ ῡ̔έος toû hūéos	τοῖν ῡ̔έοιν toîn hūéoin	τῶν ῡ̔έων tôn hūéōn
Dative	τῷ ῡ̔εῖ tōî hūeî	τοῖν ῡ̔έοιν toîn hūéoin	τοῖς ῡ̔έσῐ / ῡ̔έσῐν toîs hūésĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῡ̔ῠ́ν tòn hūŭ́n	τὼ ῡ̔εῖ tṑ hūeî	τοὺς ῡ̔εῖς toùs hūeîs
Vocative	ῡ̔ῠ́ hūŭ́	ῡ̔εῖ hūeî	ῡ̔εῖς hūeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “υἱός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Wilhelm Klein (1887), Die griechischen Vasen mit Meister-signaturen, 2nd edition, Wien: Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 72: “”.