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
tôi 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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