οἰωνός

οἰωνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nós/ → /y.oˈnos/ → /i.oˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.oˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.oˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.oˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈnos/

Noun

οἰωνός • (oiōnós) m (genitive οἰωνοῦ); second declension

1. bird of prey
2. bird used in augury
3. omen, portent

Declension

Second declension of ὁ οἰωνός; τοῦ οἰωνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰωνός ho oiōnós	τὼ οἰωνώ tṑ oiōnṓ	οἱ οἰωνοί hoi oiōnoí
Genitive	τοῦ οἰωνοῦ toû oiōnoû	τοῖν οἰωνοῖν toîn oiōnoîn	τῶν οἰωνῶν tôn oiōnôn
Dative	τῷ οἰωνῷ tôi oiōnôi	οἰωνοῖν oiōnoîn	τοῖς οἰωνοῖς toîs oiōnoîs
Accusative	τὸν οἰωνόν tòn oiōnón	οἰωνώ oiōnṓ	τοὺς οἰωνούς toùs oiōnoús
Vocative	οἰωνέ oiōné	οἰωνώ oiōnṓ	οἰωνοί oiōnoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• οἰωνοσκοπικός (oiōnoskopikós)

Descendants

• Greek: οιωνός (oionós)

Further reading

• οἰωνός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• οἰωνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• οἰωνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• οἰωνός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οἰωνός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • augury idem, page 52.
  • bird idem, page 79.
  • omen idem, page 572.
  • sign idem, page 774.