τῶν προβάτων τὰ σκεπαστήρια δέρματα

οἴεος, α, ον,

A of or from a sheep, διφθέραι sheep-skins, Hdt.5.58 ;

τυροί SIG1027.13

([place name] Cos): hence ὀέα (q. v.) and οἰίας (with dial. change of - εα- to - ία-) · τῶν προβάτων τὰ σκεπαστήρια δέρματα (leather coats for sheep, brats), Hsch. (Skt. avyáyas, Adj. from ávis = ὄϝις 'sheep'.)

Grammatical information: m. f.

Meaning: `sheep' (Il.)

Other forms: gen. -ὄϊος, plur. ὄϊες etc. (Hom.); οἶς (Att.), οἰός (also Hom.), οἶες; ὄϜις (Arg.); details on the inflexion Schwyzer 573 η, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 219 w. lit.; in prose ousted by πρόβατον.

Compounds: Rare compp. and abl.: οἰο-πόλος `herding sheep' (h. Merc., Pi.), - νόμος `id.' (Delph. IV^a, AP, APl.). Dimin. ὀΐδιον (Theognost.); οἴεος `emanating from sheep' (Hdt., Cos), ὀέα μηλωτή; οἰίας (dial. for - έας) τῶν προβάτων τὰ σκεπαστήρια δέρματα H.; also οἶαι διφθέραι, μηλωταί; ὄα μηλωτή H. With lengthened grade(?) ᾤα f. `fleece of sheep' (com., Att. inscr. IV^a, Poll., H.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [784] *h₃eu̯i- `sheep'.

Etymology: On οἰσπώτη and οἰσύπη s. vv. Old name of the sheep, to be found in nearly all IE languages, e. g. Skt. ávi-, Luw. ḫawi-, Lat. ovis, Germ., e.g. Goth. awi-str `sheep fold', Lith. avìs, IE *h₃éu̯i-s m. f.; further forms w. very rich lit. in the relative dict., e.g. WP. 1, 167, Pok. 784, W.-Hofmann s. ovis. Acc. ὄϊν = Skt. ávim, gen. ὄϊος = Skt. ávyaḥ. Also οἴεος agrees, prob. only as parallel innovation, with Skt. ávy-aya-(usu. -áya-). -- Besides with transition in the a-decl. Hier.- Hitt. hawa-s; Kronasser Vgl. Laut- und Formenlehre 91, Vorgeschichte und Indogermanistik (Symposion 1959) 121.

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