See also: οὐ,
οὔ,
-ου,
-ού, and Appendix:Variations of "oy"
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- οὑ (hou) enclitic
- εἷο (heîo), ἕο (héo), εὗ (heû), ἕθεν (héthen) Epic
- ἑο (heo), ἑθεν (hethen) Epic, enclitic
- εὑ (heu) Epic, Ionic, enclitic, synaeresis
- ἑοῦς (heoûs), ἑοῦ (heoû), ϝέος (wéos), ἕθεν (héthen) Doric
- ϝέθεν (wéthen) Aeolic
Pronoun
οὗ • (hoû)
- him, her, it
-
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 15.165-
... ἐπεί ἑό [or εὑ] φημι βίῃ πολὺ φέρτερος εἶναι
καὶ γενεῇ πρότερος- For I avow to be far better than him in might,
and the elder in birth.
Usage notes
For dual and plural forms, see σφωέ (sphōé) and σφεῖς (spheîs).
Inflection
Irregular declension of
-;
οὗ;
οὑ† (
Attic)
| Case / # |
Singular |
| Nominative |
-
|
| Genitive |
οὗ; οὑ† |
| Dative |
οἷ; οἱ† |
| Accusative |
ἕ; ἑ† |
| Vocative |
-
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
†enclitic
|
Irregular declension of
-;
εἷο;
ἕο;
ἑο†;
εὗ;
εὑ†;
ἕθεν;
ἑθεν† (
Epic)
| Case / # |
Singular |
| Nominative |
-
|
| Genitive |
εἷο; ἕο; ἑο†; εὗ; εὑ†; ἕθεν; ἑθεν† |
| Dative |
ἑοῖ; οἷ; οἱ† |
| Accusative |
ἑέ; ἕ; ἑ†; μῐν†; σφε† |
| Vocative |
-
|
| Notes: |
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
†enclitic
|
Irregular declension of
-;
εὑ† (
Ionic)
| Case / # |
Singular |
| Nominative |
-
|
| Genitive |
εὑ† |
| Dative |
οἱ† |
| Accusative |
ἑ†; μῐν† |
| Vocative |
-
|
| Notes: |
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
†enclitic
|
Irregular declension of
-;
ἑοῦς;
ἑοῦ;
ϝέος;
ἕθεν (
Doric)
| Case / # |
Singular |
| Nominative |
-
|
| Genitive |
ἑοῦς; ἑοῦ; ϝέος; ἕθεν
|
| Dative |
οἷ; οἱ†; ϝῐ́ν; ϝοι† |
| Accusative |
ἕ; ϝέ; νῐ́ν
|
| Vocative |
-
|
| Notes: |
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
†enclitic
|
Irregular declension of
-;
ϝέθεν (
Aeolic)
| Case / # |
Singular |
| Nominative |
-
|
| Genitive |
ϝέθεν
|
| Dative |
ϝοι† |
| Accusative |
ϝέ
|
| Vocative |
-
|
| Notes: |
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
†enclitic
|
Related terms
- ὅς (hós), ἑός (heós, “third singular possessive adjective”)
References
- οὗ, οἷ, ἕ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 325
- Carl Darling Buck, Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects, section 118
Etymology 2
See ὅς (hós).
Pronoun
οὗ • (hoû)
- masculine genitive singular of ὅς (hós)
- neuter genitive singular of ὅς (hós)
Adverb
οὗ • (hoû) (relative adverb)
- where, when
-
525 BCE – 455 BCE,
Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound 486-
οὗ Σπερχειὸς ἄρδει πεδίον εὐμενεῖ ποτῷ
-
where the Sphercheus waters the plain with kindly stream
Etymology 3
From ὅς (hós, “his”).
Adjective
οὗ • (hoû)
- masculine genitive singular of ὅς (hós)
- neuter genitive singular of ὅς (hós)
References
- οὗ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οὗ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- οὗ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «οὗ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “G3757”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.