ους

See also: οὖς and οὕς

Greek

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs)

Noun

ους • (ous) n

  1. (formal) ear
Usage notes

The usual term is αυτί (aftí).

Declension
declension of ους
singular plural
nominative ους • ώτα •
genitive ωτός • ώτων •
accusative ους • ώτα •
vocative ους • ώτα •
  • εις ώτα μη ακουόντων (eis óta mi akouónton, “(preach) to deaf ears”)
  • ο έχων ώτα ακούειν ακουέτω (o échon óta akoúein akouéto, “Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew: 13,9)”)
  • τείνω ευήκοον ους (teíno evíkoon ous)

Etymology 2

Monotonic spelling of ancient pronoun form οὕς (hoús, “them”),

Pronoun

ους • (ous)

  1. (monotonic spelling of) οὕς (hoús, “them”) Accusative plural masculine form of ὅς (ὅs).

Usage notes

In phrase: Οὕς ὁ Θεός συνέζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μή χωριζέτω (Hoús ho Theós sunézeuxen, ánthrōpos mḗ khōrizétō, “what God has joined together, let not man separate”) (Matthew 19.5)

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