A). ὄϊος Od. 4.764 ,al.; Ion. dat. ὀΐ [&’] Ar. Pax 929 ; acc. ὄϊν Il. 24.621 , al. (on οἴιδα v. οἶις ): pl. ὄϊες ’’& Od. 9.425 (οἴιες cod. Harl.), &’’ Il. 4.433 , al., οἴιες Call. Ap. 53 ; gen. ὀΐων Od. 9.167 , al.; dat. ὀΐεσσι Il. 5.137 ,al., Theoc. 5.130 , ὄεσσι Il. 6.25 , al.; also ὄvεσι, in corrupt form ὄρεσι (· προβάτοις), Hsch.; acc. pl. ὄϊς Il. 11.245 ,al., Hes. Op. 775 (always before a consonant); Dor. ὄῐς Theoc. 8.45 , both from ὄvινς, which is found at Argos, SIG 56.30 (v B.C.); nom. and acc. pl. further contr. to οἶς, Orac. ap. D. 21.53 ; of these contr. forms Hom. has only gen. sg. οἰός Il. 12.451 ,al., gen. pl. οἰῶν 11.696 , al.; cf. dat. pl. οἴεσιν Od. 15.386 ; acc. sg. οἶν Theoc. 5.99 : in Att. οἰ- is always contracted, οἶς Hdn.Gr. 1.400 , οἶν E. El. 513 , οἰός S. OC 475 , al., οἰί Arist. GA 769b20 , but ὀΐ Id. HA 522b33 ; pl. οἶες X. Mem. 3.2.1 , al., IG 22.1358.36 ; acc. οἶς X. Cyr. 5.2.5 , HG 6.4.29 , An. 6.2.3 ; gen. οἰῶν Arist. HA 596a31 , al.; dat. οἰσίν prob. in IG 12.825.2 , οἰσί prob. in SIG 624.40 (ii B.C.): Cret. forms, nom. sg. οις, acc. οιν, GDI 4963 , but οἶις, οἶιν, ib. 4990 :—sheep, Hom., Hes., etc. (v. supr.) (but rare in Prose, πρόβατον being preferred), both of the ram and the ewe, though sts. a word is added to mark gender, ὄϊν ἀρνειὸν ῥέζειν θῆλύν τε μέλαιναν Od. 10.527 , cf. 9.425 ; ὄϊν .. θῆλυν, ὑπόρρηνον Il. 10.215 . [Always ῐ, exc. in dat. sg. ὀῑ, acc. pl. ὀῑς: gen. sg. οἰός exceptionally &’ (before a consonant) in Mnesim. 4.47 : in οἴιες οἰ- may stand metri gr. for ὀ- (cf. πνοιή, ἠγνοίησε, etc.), but for Cret. οἶις, οἶιν some other expl. is needed.] (Arg. ὄvις SIGl.c., cf. Skt. avis, Lat. ovis, Engl. ewe, etc.)