"ὄσσα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὄσσα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ós.sa/, /ˈos.sa/, /ˈo.sa/, /ós.sa/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈos.sa/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈos.sa/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈos.sa/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈo.sa/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the Proto-Hellenic *woťťa, the root of *wokʷs (ὄψ (óps); from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-, whence Latin vox) + the nominal feminine suffix *-ya. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*woťťa}} Proto-Hellenic *woťťa, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}} Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-, {{cog|la|vox}} Latin vox Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὄσσης|f|first|head=ὄσσᾰ}} ὄσσᾰ • (óssa) f (genitive ὄσσης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὄσσᾰ|ὄσσης}} Forms: ὄσσᾰ [canonical], óssa [romanization], ὄσσης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ὄσσᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ ὄσσᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ὄσσαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ὄσσης [genitive, singular], τοῖν ὄσσαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ὀσσῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ὄσσῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν ὄσσαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ὄσσαις [dative, plural], τὴν ὄσσᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ ὄσσᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ὄσσᾱς [accusative, plural], ὄσσᾰ [singular, vocative], ὄσσᾱ [dual, vocative], ὄσσαι [plural, vocative]
  1. a rumour, which, from its origin being unknown, was held divine
    Sense id: en-ὄσσα-grc-noun-6YO0Fey3 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 32 31 16 21
  2. (generally) voice, of the Muses; also, of a bull
    Sense id: en-ὄσσα-grc-noun-UQXh-hM~ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 29 50 10 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 32 31 16 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 51 16 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 71 5 5
  3. (more generally) sound, of the lyre; din of battle Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-ὄσσα-grc-noun-1NlXaSM4 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 32 31 16 21
  4. (rare in prose) ominous voice or sound, prophecy, warning Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-ὄσσα-grc-noun-bLAKUlpT Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 32 31 16 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ὄττα (ótta) [Attic] Derived forms: ὀττεύομαι (otteúomai)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "otteúomai",
      "word": "ὀττεύομαι"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*woťťa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *woťťa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wekʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vox"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vox",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Proto-Hellenic *woťťa, the root of *wokʷs (ὄψ (óps); from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-, whence Latin vox) + the nominal feminine suffix *-ya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ὄσσᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "óssa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄσσης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ὄσσᾰ",
      "roman": "hē óssa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὄσσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ óssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ὄσσαι",
      "roman": "hai óssai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ὄσσης",
      "roman": "tês óssēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὄσσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn óssain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ὀσσῶν",
      "roman": "tôn ossôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ὄσσῃ",
      "roman": "têi óssēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὄσσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn óssain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ὄσσαις",
      "roman": "taîs óssais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ὄσσᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn óssan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὄσσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ óssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ὄσσᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s óssās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄσσᾰ",
      "roman": "óssa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄσσᾱ",
      "roman": "óssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄσσαι",
      "roman": "óssai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὄσσης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "ὄσσᾰ"
      },
      "expansion": "ὄσσᾰ • (óssa) f (genitive ὄσσης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὄσσᾰ",
        "2": "ὄσσης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.280–283",
          "roman": "ek Diós, hḗ te málista phérei kléos anthrṓpoisi.",
          "text": "νῆ’ ἄρσας ἐρέτῃσιν ἐείκοσιν, ἥ τις ἀρίστη,\nἔρχεο πευσόμενος πατρὸς δὴν οἰχομένοιο,\nἤν τίς τοι εἴπῃσι βροτῶν, ἢ ὄσσαν ἀκούσῃς\nἐκ Διός, ἥ τε μάλιστα φέρει κλέος ἀνθρώποισι.\nnê’ ársas erétēisin eeíkosin, hḗ tis arístē,\nérkheo peusómenos patròs dḕn oikhoménoio,\nḗn tís toi eípēisi brotôn, ḕ óssan akoúsēis"
        },
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.214–217",
          "roman": "ek Diós, hḗ te málista phérei kléos anthrṓpoisin:",
          "text": "εἶμι γὰρ ἐς Σπάρτην τε καὶ ἐς Πύλον ἠμαθόεντα\nνόστον πευσόμενος πατρὸς δὴν οἰχομένοιο,\nἤν τίς μοι εἴπῃσι βροτῶν ἢ ὄσσαν ἀκούσω\nἐκ Διός, ἥ τε μάλιστα φέρει κλέος ἀνθρώποισιν:\neîmi gàr es Spártēn te kaì es Púlon ēmathóenta\nnóston peusómenos patròs dḕn oikhoménoio,\nḗn tís moi eípēisi brotôn ḕ óssan akoúsō"
        },
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.91–94",
          "roman": "otrúnous’ iénai Diòs ángelos: hoì d’ agéronto.",
          "text": "ὣς τῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων\nἠϊόνος προπάροιθε βαθείης ἐστιχόωντο\nἰλαδὸν εἰς ἀγορήν: μετὰ δέ σφισιν ὄσσα δεδήει\nὀτρύνουσ’ ἰέναι Διὸς ἄγγελος: οἳ δ’ ἀγέροντο.\nhṑs tôn éthnea pollà neôn ápo kaì klisiáōn\nēïónos propároithe batheíēs estikhóōnto\niladòn eis agorḗn: metà dé sphisin óssa dedḗei"
        },
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 24.412–414",
          "roman": "mnēstḗrōn stugeròn thánaton kaì kêr’ enépousa.",
          "text": "ὣς οἱ μὲν περὶ δεῖπνον ἐνὶ μεγάροισι πένοντο:\nὌσσα δ’ ἄρ’ ἄγγελος ὦκα κατὰ πτόλιν ᾤχετο πάντη,\nμνηστήρων στυγερὸν θάνατον καὶ κῆρ’ ἐνέπουσα.\nhṑs hoi mèn perì deîpnon enì megároisi pénonto:\nÓssa d’ ár’ ángelos ôka katà ptólin ṓikheto pántē,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a rumour, which, from its origin being unknown, was held divine"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄσσα-grc-noun-6YO0Fey3",
      "links": [
        [
          "rumour",
          "rumour#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 50 10 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 51 16 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 71 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 9–10",
          "text": "ἔνθεν ἀπορνύμεναι, κεκαλυμμέναι ἠέρι πολλῇ,\nἐννύχιαι στεῖχον περικαλλέα ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι, […]\nénthen apornúmenai, kekalumménai ēéri pollêi,\nennúkhiai steîkhon perikalléa óssan hieîsai, […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 43–46",
          "roman": "hoí t’ ek tôn egénonto theoí, dōtêres eáōn.",
          "text": "[…] αἳ δ’ ἄμβροτον ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι\nθεῶν γένος αἰδοῖον πρῶτον κλείουσιν ἀοιδῇ\nἐξ ἀρχῆς, οὓς Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ἔτικτεν,\nοἵ τ’ ἐκ τῶν ἐγένοντο θεοί, δωτῆρες ἐάων.\n[…] haì d’ ámbroton óssan hieîsai\ntheôn génos aidoîon prôton kleíousin aoidêi\nex arkhês, hoùs Gaîa kaì Ouranòs eurùs étikten,"
        },
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 65–67",
          "roman": "athanátōn kleíousin, epḗraton óssan hieîsai.",
          "text": "[…] ἐρατὴν δὲ διὰ στόμα ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι\nμέλπονται πάντων τε νόμους καὶ ἤθεα κεδνὰ\nἀθανάτων κλείουσιν, ἐπήρατον ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι.\n[…] eratḕn dè dià stóma óssan hieîsai\nmélpontai pántōn te nómous kaì ḗthea kednà"
        },
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 830–835",
          "roman": "állote d’ aû rhoízeskh’, hupò d’ ḗkheen oúrea makrá.",
          "text": "[…] ἄλλοτε μὲν γὰρ\nφθέγγονθ’ ὥστε θεοῖσι συνιέμεν, ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖτε\nταύρου ἐριβρύχεω, μένος ἀσχέτου, ὄσσαν ἀγαύρου,\nἄλλοτε δ’ αὖτε λέοντος ἀναιδέα θυμὸν ἔχοντος,\nἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ σκυλάκεσσιν ἐοικότα, θαύματ’ ἀκοῦσαι,\nἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ ῥοίζεσχ’, ὑπὸ δ’ ἤχεεν οὔρεα μακρά.\n[…] állote mèn gàr\nphthéngonth’ hṓste theoîsi suniémen, állote d’ aûte\ntaúrou eribrúkheō, ménos askhétou, óssan agaúrou,\nállote d’ aûte léontos anaidéa thumòn ékhontos,\nállote d’ aû skulákessin eoikóta, thaúmat’ akoûsai,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "voice, of the Muses; also, of a bull"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄσσα-grc-noun-UQXh-hM~",
      "links": [
        [
          "voice",
          "voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "generally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(generally) voice, of the Muses; also, of a bull"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "h.Merc. 443"
        },
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 700–703",
          "text": "[…] εἴσατο δ’ ἄντα\nὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν ἠδ’ οὔασι ὄσσαν ἀκοῦσαι\nαὔτως, ὡς εἰ Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε\nπίλνατο· […]\n[…] eísato d’ ánta\nophthalmoîsin ideîn ēd’ oúasi óssan akoûsai\naútōs, hōs ei Gaîa kaì Ouranòs eurùs húperthe\npílnato; […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sound, of the lyre; din of battle"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄσσα-grc-noun-1NlXaSM4",
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound#English"
        ],
        [
          "din",
          "din#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(more generally) sound, of the lyre; din of battle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 6.61–62",
          "text": "[…] ἀντεφθέγξατο δ’ ἀρτιεπὴς\nπατρία ὄσσα, μετάλλασέν τέ νιν: […]\n[…] antephthénxato d’ artiepḕs\npatría óssa, metállasén té nin: […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.1086–1087",
          "roman": "aktaíēs órnithos enaísimon óssan akoúsas.",
          "text": "[…] συνέηκε δὲ Μόψος\nἀκταίης ὄρνιθος ἐναίσιμον ὄσσαν ἀκούσας.\n[…] sunéēke dè Mópsos"
        },
        {
          "ref": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 800c",
          "roman": "hieroîs, huòs ḕ kaì adelphós, blasphēmoî pâsan blasphēmían, âr’ ouk, àn phaîmen, athumían kaì kakḕn óttan kaì manteían patrì kaì toîs állois àn oikeíois phthéngoito entitheís?",
          "text": "ἱεροῖς, ὑὸς ἢ καὶ ἀδελφός, βλασφημοῖ πᾶσαν βλασφημίαν, ἆρ’ οὐκ, ἂν φαῖμεν, ἀθυμίαν καὶ κακὴν ὄτταν καὶ μαντείαν πατρὶ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἂν οἰκείοις φθέγγοιτο ἐντιθείς;"
        },
        {
          "ref": "175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 12.1",
          "roman": "kaì khaírousin hoi thúsantes, kaì tḕn toútōn daîta pisteúousin eînaí sphisin óttan agathḗn, kaì légousin híleōn eînai tòn theón, dióti hoi ikhthúes eneplḗsthēsan tôn kreôn.",
          "text": "καὶ χαίρουσιν οἱ θύσαντες, καὶ τὴν τούτων δαῖτα πιστεύουσιν εἶναί σφισιν ὄτταν ἀγαθήν, καὶ λέγουσιν ἵλεων εἶναι τὸν θεόν, διότι οἱ ἰχθύες ἐνεπλήσθησαν τῶν κρεῶν."
        },
        {
          "ref": "234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 2.53",
          "roman": "di’ oneirátōn kaì sumbólōn kaì di’ óttēs",
          "text": "δι’ ὀνειράτων καὶ συμβόλων καὶ δι’ ὄττης"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ominous voice or sound, prophecy, warning"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄσσα-grc-noun-bLAKUlpT",
      "links": [
        [
          "ominous",
          "ominous#English"
        ],
        [
          "prophecy",
          "prophecy#English"
        ],
        [
          "warning",
          "warning#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare in prose) ominous voice or sound, prophecy, warning"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in prose"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ós.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ós.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ótta",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "ὄττα"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄσσα"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "otteúomai",
      "word": "ὀττεύομαι"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*woťťa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *woťťa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wekʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vox"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vox",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Proto-Hellenic *woťťa, the root of *wokʷs (ὄψ (óps); from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-, whence Latin vox) + the nominal feminine suffix *-ya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ὄσσᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "óssa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄσσης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ὄσσᾰ",
      "roman": "hē óssa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὄσσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ óssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ὄσσαι",
      "roman": "hai óssai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ὄσσης",
      "roman": "tês óssēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὄσσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn óssain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ὀσσῶν",
      "roman": "tôn ossôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ὄσσῃ",
      "roman": "têi óssēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὄσσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn óssain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ὄσσαις",
      "roman": "taîs óssais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ὄσσᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn óssan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὄσσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ óssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ὄσσᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s óssās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄσσᾰ",
      "roman": "óssa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄσσᾱ",
      "roman": "óssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄσσαι",
      "roman": "óssai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὄσσης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "ὄσσᾰ"
      },
      "expansion": "ὄσσᾰ • (óssa) f (genitive ὄσσης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὄσσᾰ",
        "2": "ὄσσης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.280–283",
          "roman": "ek Diós, hḗ te málista phérei kléos anthrṓpoisi.",
          "text": "νῆ’ ἄρσας ἐρέτῃσιν ἐείκοσιν, ἥ τις ἀρίστη,\nἔρχεο πευσόμενος πατρὸς δὴν οἰχομένοιο,\nἤν τίς τοι εἴπῃσι βροτῶν, ἢ ὄσσαν ἀκούσῃς\nἐκ Διός, ἥ τε μάλιστα φέρει κλέος ἀνθρώποισι.\nnê’ ársas erétēisin eeíkosin, hḗ tis arístē,\nérkheo peusómenos patròs dḕn oikhoménoio,\nḗn tís toi eípēisi brotôn, ḕ óssan akoúsēis"
        },
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.214–217",
          "roman": "ek Diós, hḗ te málista phérei kléos anthrṓpoisin:",
          "text": "εἶμι γὰρ ἐς Σπάρτην τε καὶ ἐς Πύλον ἠμαθόεντα\nνόστον πευσόμενος πατρὸς δὴν οἰχομένοιο,\nἤν τίς μοι εἴπῃσι βροτῶν ἢ ὄσσαν ἀκούσω\nἐκ Διός, ἥ τε μάλιστα φέρει κλέος ἀνθρώποισιν:\neîmi gàr es Spártēn te kaì es Púlon ēmathóenta\nnóston peusómenos patròs dḕn oikhoménoio,\nḗn tís moi eípēisi brotôn ḕ óssan akoúsō"
        },
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.91–94",
          "roman": "otrúnous’ iénai Diòs ángelos: hoì d’ agéronto.",
          "text": "ὣς τῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων\nἠϊόνος προπάροιθε βαθείης ἐστιχόωντο\nἰλαδὸν εἰς ἀγορήν: μετὰ δέ σφισιν ὄσσα δεδήει\nὀτρύνουσ’ ἰέναι Διὸς ἄγγελος: οἳ δ’ ἀγέροντο.\nhṑs tôn éthnea pollà neôn ápo kaì klisiáōn\nēïónos propároithe batheíēs estikhóōnto\niladòn eis agorḗn: metà dé sphisin óssa dedḗei"
        },
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 24.412–414",
          "roman": "mnēstḗrōn stugeròn thánaton kaì kêr’ enépousa.",
          "text": "ὣς οἱ μὲν περὶ δεῖπνον ἐνὶ μεγάροισι πένοντο:\nὌσσα δ’ ἄρ’ ἄγγελος ὦκα κατὰ πτόλιν ᾤχετο πάντη,\nμνηστήρων στυγερὸν θάνατον καὶ κῆρ’ ἐνέπουσα.\nhṑs hoi mèn perì deîpnon enì megároisi pénonto:\nÓssa d’ ár’ ángelos ôka katà ptólin ṓikheto pántē,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a rumour, which, from its origin being unknown, was held divine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rumour",
          "rumour#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 9–10",
          "text": "ἔνθεν ἀπορνύμεναι, κεκαλυμμέναι ἠέρι πολλῇ,\nἐννύχιαι στεῖχον περικαλλέα ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι, […]\nénthen apornúmenai, kekalumménai ēéri pollêi,\nennúkhiai steîkhon perikalléa óssan hieîsai, […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 43–46",
          "roman": "hoí t’ ek tôn egénonto theoí, dōtêres eáōn.",
          "text": "[…] αἳ δ’ ἄμβροτον ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι\nθεῶν γένος αἰδοῖον πρῶτον κλείουσιν ἀοιδῇ\nἐξ ἀρχῆς, οὓς Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ἔτικτεν,\nοἵ τ’ ἐκ τῶν ἐγένοντο θεοί, δωτῆρες ἐάων.\n[…] haì d’ ámbroton óssan hieîsai\ntheôn génos aidoîon prôton kleíousin aoidêi\nex arkhês, hoùs Gaîa kaì Ouranòs eurùs étikten,"
        },
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 65–67",
          "roman": "athanátōn kleíousin, epḗraton óssan hieîsai.",
          "text": "[…] ἐρατὴν δὲ διὰ στόμα ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι\nμέλπονται πάντων τε νόμους καὶ ἤθεα κεδνὰ\nἀθανάτων κλείουσιν, ἐπήρατον ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι.\n[…] eratḕn dè dià stóma óssan hieîsai\nmélpontai pántōn te nómous kaì ḗthea kednà"
        },
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 830–835",
          "roman": "állote d’ aû rhoízeskh’, hupò d’ ḗkheen oúrea makrá.",
          "text": "[…] ἄλλοτε μὲν γὰρ\nφθέγγονθ’ ὥστε θεοῖσι συνιέμεν, ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖτε\nταύρου ἐριβρύχεω, μένος ἀσχέτου, ὄσσαν ἀγαύρου,\nἄλλοτε δ’ αὖτε λέοντος ἀναιδέα θυμὸν ἔχοντος,\nἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ σκυλάκεσσιν ἐοικότα, θαύματ’ ἀκοῦσαι,\nἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ ῥοίζεσχ’, ὑπὸ δ’ ἤχεεν οὔρεα μακρά.\n[…] állote mèn gàr\nphthéngonth’ hṓste theoîsi suniémen, állote d’ aûte\ntaúrou eribrúkheō, ménos askhétou, óssan agaúrou,\nállote d’ aûte léontos anaidéa thumòn ékhontos,\nállote d’ aû skulákessin eoikóta, thaúmat’ akoûsai,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "voice, of the Muses; also, of a bull"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "voice",
          "voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "generally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(generally) voice, of the Muses; also, of a bull"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "h.Merc. 443"
        },
        {
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 700–703",
          "text": "[…] εἴσατο δ’ ἄντα\nὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν ἠδ’ οὔασι ὄσσαν ἀκοῦσαι\nαὔτως, ὡς εἰ Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε\nπίλνατο· […]\n[…] eísato d’ ánta\nophthalmoîsin ideîn ēd’ oúasi óssan akoûsai\naútōs, hōs ei Gaîa kaì Ouranòs eurùs húperthe\npílnato; […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sound, of the lyre; din of battle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound#English"
        ],
        [
          "din",
          "din#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(more generally) sound, of the lyre; din of battle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 6.61–62",
          "text": "[…] ἀντεφθέγξατο δ’ ἀρτιεπὴς\nπατρία ὄσσα, μετάλλασέν τέ νιν: […]\n[…] antephthénxato d’ artiepḕs\npatría óssa, metállasén té nin: […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.1086–1087",
          "roman": "aktaíēs órnithos enaísimon óssan akoúsas.",
          "text": "[…] συνέηκε δὲ Μόψος\nἀκταίης ὄρνιθος ἐναίσιμον ὄσσαν ἀκούσας.\n[…] sunéēke dè Mópsos"
        },
        {
          "ref": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 800c",
          "roman": "hieroîs, huòs ḕ kaì adelphós, blasphēmoî pâsan blasphēmían, âr’ ouk, àn phaîmen, athumían kaì kakḕn óttan kaì manteían patrì kaì toîs állois àn oikeíois phthéngoito entitheís?",
          "text": "ἱεροῖς, ὑὸς ἢ καὶ ἀδελφός, βλασφημοῖ πᾶσαν βλασφημίαν, ἆρ’ οὐκ, ἂν φαῖμεν, ἀθυμίαν καὶ κακὴν ὄτταν καὶ μαντείαν πατρὶ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἂν οἰκείοις φθέγγοιτο ἐντιθείς;"
        },
        {
          "ref": "175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 12.1",
          "roman": "kaì khaírousin hoi thúsantes, kaì tḕn toútōn daîta pisteúousin eînaí sphisin óttan agathḗn, kaì légousin híleōn eînai tòn theón, dióti hoi ikhthúes eneplḗsthēsan tôn kreôn.",
          "text": "καὶ χαίρουσιν οἱ θύσαντες, καὶ τὴν τούτων δαῖτα πιστεύουσιν εἶναί σφισιν ὄτταν ἀγαθήν, καὶ λέγουσιν ἵλεων εἶναι τὸν θεόν, διότι οἱ ἰχθύες ἐνεπλήσθησαν τῶν κρεῶν."
        },
        {
          "ref": "234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 2.53",
          "roman": "di’ oneirátōn kaì sumbólōn kaì di’ óttēs",
          "text": "δι’ ὀνειράτων καὶ συμβόλων καὶ δι’ ὄττης"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ominous voice or sound, prophecy, warning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ominous",
          "ominous#English"
        ],
        [
          "prophecy",
          "prophecy#English"
        ],
        [
          "warning",
          "warning#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare in prose) ominous voice or sound, prophecy, warning"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in prose"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ós.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ós.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ótta",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "ὄττα"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄσσα"
}

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