ὦτος

See also: Ὦτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From οὖς (oûs, “ear”). Compare ὠτίς (ōtís, “bustard”), from the same stem.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὦτος • (ôtos) m (genitive ὤτου); second declension

  1. long-eared owl (Asio otus)
    Synonym: νυκτικόραξ (nuktikórax)
  2. (figuratively) booby, easily deceived person

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὦτος; τοῦ ὤτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὦτος
ho ôtos 		τὼ ὤτω
tṑ ṓtō 		οἱ ὦτοι
hoi ôtoi
Genitive τοῦ ὤτου
toû ṓtou 		τοῖν ὤτοιν
toîn ṓtoin 		τῶν ὤτων
tôn ṓtōn
Dative τῷ ὤτῳ
tōî ṓtōi 		τοῖν ὤτοιν
toîn ṓtoin 		τοῖς ὤτοις
toîs ṓtois
Accusative τὸν ὦτον
tòn ôton 		τὼ ὤτω
tṑ ṓtō 		τοὺς ὤτους
toùs ṓtous
Vocative ὦτε
ôte 		ὤτω
ṓtō 		ὦτοι
ôtoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: otus
    • → Translingual: Otus

Further reading

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