ὄζος

See also: όζος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὔσδος (úsdos) — Aeolic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ózdos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ósdos (“branch, twig”). Cognate with Old Armenian ոստ (ost, “branch; knot (of tree)”), Old English ōst (“tree knot”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄζος • (ózos) m (genitive ὄζου); second declension

  1. bough, branch, twig
  2. knot or eye on a tree
  3. (figuratively) offshoot, scion

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄζος; τοῦ ὄζου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὄζος
ho ózos 		τὼ ὄζω
tṑ ózō 		οἱ ὄζοι
hoi ózoi
Genitive τοῦ ὄζου
toû ózou 		τοῖν ὄζοιν
toîn ózoin 		τῶν ὄζων
tôn ózōn
Dative τῷ ὄζῳ
tōî ózōi 		τοῖν ὄζοιν
toîn ózoin 		τοῖς ὄζοις
toîs ózois
Accusative τὸν ὄζον
tòn ózon 		τὼ ὄζω
tṑ ózō 		τοὺς ὄζους
toùs ózous
Vocative ὄζε
óze 		ὄζω
ózō 		ὄζοι
ózoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: όζος (ózos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄζος 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1050

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