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οἶς

οἶς

See also: ὄις, ὄϊς, and -οις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Noun

οἶς (oîs) m, f (genitive ὄϊος); third declension (Attic)

  1. sheep (either a ram or ewe)

Inflection

References

  • οἶς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • ewe idem, page 286.
    • sheep idem, page 764.