ὗς

See also: ΥΣ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σῦς (sûs) — poetic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sew-?

Proto-Indo-European *sewH-?

Proto-Indo-European *suH-

Proto-Hellenic *hūs

Ancient Greek ὗς

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *hūs, from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“swine”). Compare Latin sūs, English swine, and sow.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hŷːs/ → /ˈys/ → /ˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hŷːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈis/

Noun

ὗς • (hûs) m or f (genitive ῠ̔ός); third declension

1. pig; swine; hog

Declension

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ ὗς; τοῦ / τῆς ῠ̔ός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ ὗς ho / hē hûs	τὼ ῠ̔́ε tṑ hŭ́e	οἱ / αἱ ῠ̔́ες / ὗς hoi / hai hŭ́es / hûs
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς ῠ̔ός toû / tês hŭós	τοῖν ῠ̔οῖν toîn hŭoîn	τῶν ῠ̔ῶν tôn hŭôn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ ῠ̔ῐ̈́ / υἵ tōî / tēî hŭĭ̈́ / huí	τοῖν ῠ̔οῖν toîn hŭoîn	τοῖς / ταῖς ῠ̔σῐ́ / ῠ̔σῐ́ν toîs / taîs hŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν ὗν tòn / tḕn hûn	τὼ ῠ̔́ε tṑ hŭ́e	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ὗς / ῠ̔́ᾰς toùs / tā̀s hûs / hŭ́ăs
Vocative	ὗ hû	ῠ̔́ε hŭ́e	ῠ̔́ες / ὗς hŭ́es / hûs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὗς; ῠ̔ός (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὗς hûs	ῠ̔́ε hŭ́e	ῠ̔́ες hŭ́es
Genitive	ῠ̔ός hŭós	ῠ̔οῖῐ̈ν hŭoîĭ̈n	ῠ̔ῶν hŭôn
Dative	ῠ̔ῐ̈́ / υἵ hŭĭ̈́ / huí	ῠ̔οῖῐ̈ν hŭoîĭ̈n	ῠ̔σῐ́ / ῠ̔σῐ́ν / ῠ̔σσῐ́ / ῠ̔σσῐ́ν / ῠ̔́εσσῐ / ῠ̔́εσσῐν hŭsĭ́(n) / hŭssĭ́(n) / hŭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	ὗν hûn	ῠ̔́ε hŭ́e	ῠ̔́ᾰς / ὗς hŭ́ăs / hûs
Vocative	ὗ hû	ῠ̔́ε hŭ́e	ῠ̔́ες hŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ ὗς; τοῦ / τῆς ῠ̔ός (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ ὗς ho / hē hûs	τὼ ῠ̔́ε tṑ hŭ́e	οἱ / αἱ ῠ̔́ες hoi / hai hŭ́es
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς ῠ̔ός toû / tês hŭós	τοῖν ῠ̔οῖν toîn hŭoîn	τῶν ῠ̔ῶν tôn hŭôn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ ῠ̔ῐ̈́ / υἵ tōî / tēî hŭĭ̈́ / huí	τοῖν ῠ̔οῖν toîn hŭoîn	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ῠ̔σῐ́ / ῠ̔σῐ́ν toîsĭ(n) hŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν ὗν tòn / tḕn hûn	τὼ ῠ̔́ε tṑ hŭ́e	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔́ᾰς / ὗς toùs / tā̀s hŭ́ăs / hûs
Vocative	ὗ hû	ῠ̔́ε hŭ́e	ῠ̔́ες hŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ὑάγχη (huánkhē)
• Ὑάδες (Huádes)
• ὕαινα (húaina)
• ὑάμινος (huáminos)
• ὕδιον (húdion)
• ὕδνον (húdnon)
• ὑεικός (hueikós)
• ὕειον (húeion)
• ὕειος (húeios)
• ὑηνός (huēnós)
• ὑΐδιον (huḯdion)
• ὑΐζω (huḯzō)
• ὑϊκός (huïkós)
• ὕκης (húkēs)
• ὗκος (hûkos)
• ὕνη (húnē)
• ὕνις (húnis)
• ὕννη (húnnē)
• ὕννις (húnnis)
• ὑοβοιωτός (huoboiōtós)
• ὑοβοσκέω (huoboskéō)
• ὑοβοσκός (huoboskós)
• ὑοβοσκῶ (huoboskô)
• ὑοβότης (huobótēs)
• ὑόκοπρος (huókopros)
• ὑομουσία (huomousía)
• ὑοπολέω (huopoléō)
• ὑοπόλος (huopólos)
• ὑοπολῶ (huopolô)
• ὑόπρῳρος (huóprōiros)
• ὑοσαλακωνία (huosalakōnía)
• ὑοσκύαμος (huoskúamos)
• ὑοσκύεμος (huoskúemos)
• ὑοστασία (huostasía)
• ὑόφθᾰλμος (huóphthălmos)
• ὑοφόρβιον (huophórbion)
• ὕσκυθα (húskutha)
• ὑσπέλεθος (huspélethos)
• ὕσπελθος (húspelthos)
• ὕσπληγξ (húsplēnx)
• ὕσπληξ (húsplēx)
• ὑσπολέω (huspoléō)
• ὑσπολῶ (huspolô)
• Ὕσπορος (Húsporos)
• ὕσσακος (hússakos)
• ὕσσαξ (hússax)
• ὑστακός (hustakós)
• ὕσταξ (hústax)
• ὑστήρια (hustḗria)
• ὕστριξ (hústrix)
• ὑφορβός (huphorbós)
• ὑώδης (huṓdēs)
• ὑών (huṓn)

Further reading

• “ὗς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὗς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὗς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὗς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὗς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὗς”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5300 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 612