ὄϊς

ὄϊς (Il. 24.125), ὁ and ἡ, gen. ὄϊος Od. 4.764,al.; Ion. dat. ὀΐ [⏑_] Ar. Pax 929 ; acc. ὄϊν Il. 24.621, al. (on οἴιδα v. οἶις) : pl. ὄϊες _ _ ⏑ Od. 9.425 (οἴιες cod. Harl.), ⏑_ _ 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 (· προβάτοις), Hsch.; acc. pl. ὄϊς [ῑ] Il. 11.245,al., Hes. Op. 775 (always before a consonant); Dor. ὄῐς Theoc. 8.45, both from ὄϝινς, which is found at Argos, SIG 56.30 (v B.C.) ; nom. and acc. pl. further contr. to οἶς, Orac. ap. D. 21.53 ; of these 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 Att. οἰ- is always contracted, οἶς Hdn.Gr.1.400, οἶν E. El. 513, οἰός S. OC 475, al., οἰί Arist. GA 769b20, but ὀΐ Id. HA 522b33 ; pl. οἶες X. Mem. 3.2.1, al., IG 22.1358.36 ; acc. οἶς X. Cyr. 5.2.5, HG 6.4.29, An. 6.2.3 ; gen. οἰῶν Arist. HA 596a31, al.; dat. οἰσίν prob. in IG 12.825.2, οἰσί prob. in SIG 624.40 (ii B.C.): Cret. forms, nom. sg. οις, acc. οιν, GDI 4963, but οἶις, οἶιν, ib.4990 :—A. 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 ⏑_ (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.)