ὄϊς

ὄϊς (Il.24.125), ὁ and ἡ, gen.

A

ὄϊος Od.4.764

,al.; [dialect] Ion. dat. ὀΐ [[pron. full] ?ὄϊςX ¯ ] Ar.Pax929 ; acc.

ὄϊν Il.24.621

, al. (on οἴιδα v. οἶις) : pl. ὄϊες [pron. full] ¯ ¯ ?ὄϊςX Od.9.425 (οἴιες cod. Harl.), [pron. full] ?ὄϊςX ¯ ¯ Il.4.433, al.,

οἴιες Call.Ap.53

; gen.

ὀΐων Od.9.167

, al.; dat.

ὀΐεσσι Il.5.137

,al., Theoc.5.130,

ὄεσσι Il.6.25

, al. ; also ὄϝεσι, in corrupt form ὄρεσι ([etym.] · προβάτοις), Hsch.; acc. pl. ὄϊς [pron. full] [ῑ] Il.11.245,al., Hes.Op.775 (always before a consonant); [dialect] Dor.

ὄῐς Theoc.8.45

, both from ὄϝινς, which is found at Argos, SIG56.30 (v B.C.) ; nom. and acc. pl. further [var] contr. to οἶς, Orac. ap. D.21.53 ; of these [var] contr. forms Hom. has only gen. sg.

οἰός Il.12.451

,al., gen. pl.

οἰῶν 11.696

, al.; cf. dat. pl.

οἴεσιν Od.15.386

; acc. sg.

οἶν Theoc.5.99

: in [dialect] Att. οἰ- is always contracted, οἶς Hdn.Gr.1.400,

οἶν E.El.513

,

οἰός S.OC475

, al.,

οἰί Arist.GA769b20

, but

ὀΐ Id.HA522b33

; pl.

οἶες X.Mem.3.2.1

, al., IG22.1358.36 ; acc.

οἶς X.Cyr.5.2.5

, HG6.4.29, An. 6.2.3 ; gen.

οἰῶν Arist.HA596a31

, al.; dat. οἰσίν prob. in IG12.825.2, οἰσί prob. in SIG624.40 (ii B.C.): Cret. forms, nom. sg. οις, acc. οιν, GDI4963, but οἶις, οἶιν, ib.4990 :—sheep, Hom., Hes., etc. (v. supr.) (but rare in Prose, πρόβατον being preferred), both of the ram and the ewe, though sts. a word is added to mark gender,

ὄϊν ἀρνειὸν ῥέζειν θῆλύν τε μέλαιναν Od.10.527

, cf. 9.425 ;

ὄϊν . . θῆλυν, ὑπόρρηνον Il.10.215

. [Always ῐ, exc. in dat. sg. ὀῑ, acc. pl. ὀῑς: gen. sg. οἰός exceptionally [pron. full] ?ὄϊςX ¯ (before a consonant) in Mnesim.4.47 : in οἴιες οἰ- may stand metri gr. for ὀ- (cf. πνοιή, ἠγνοίησε, etc.), but for Cret. οἶις, οἶιν some other expl. is needed.] (Arg. ὄϝις SIGl.c., cf. Skt. avis, Lat. ovis, Engl. ewe, etc.)