οἴη
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
(A), ἡ, A = κώμη, GDI5661.46(Chios, iv B. C.), A.R.2.139, Hsch., Theognost.Can.18 ; cf. οἰήτης.
οἴη (B), ἡ, A v. ὄα (A).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οἴη: ἡ, = κώμη, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Β. 139, Ἡσύχ.· πρβλ. οἰήτης. ― (Ἴσως σχετίζεται πρὸς τὸ Λακων. ὠβά, Müll. Dor. 3. 5. § 3).
French (Bailly abrégé)
1ης (ἡ) :
village.
Étymologie: DELG étym. discutée.
2fém. ion. de οἶος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
οἴη: ион. f к οἶος.
Frisk Etymological English
1.
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: elderberry tree
See also: s. ὄα.
2.
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: village (Chios IVa, A. R., H., Theognost.); Att. name of a deme Ὄα (archaich form acc. to Adrados Emer. 18, 408 ff., 25, 107; also Οἴα, Ὄη, Οἴη).
Compounds: As 2. member in Οἰνόη a.o.? (Meister KZ 36, 458 f. with wrong etym.).
Derivatives: οἰῆται m. pl. villager (S. Fr. 134), οἰατᾶν κωμητῶν H., Οἰᾶται m. pl. inhabitant of a deme in Tegea (Paus. 8, 45, 1; reading uncertain); cf. Bechtel Dial. 3, 320. Besides ὠβά f. name of a Spartan tribus (IG 5 : 1, 26, 11 [II--Ia], Plu. Lyc. 6) with ὠβάτας τοὺς φυλέτας H., ὠβάξαι to divide into ὠβαί (Plu. ibd.); also ὠγή (= ὠϜή) κώμη H., ὠάς (ὤας cod.) τὰς κώμας, οὐαί φυλαί H. Details in Baunack Phil. 70, 466 f.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: If from *ὠϜία (Bally MSL 13, 13 f.), οἴη can be identified with ὠβά = *ὠϜά (rejected by Bechtel Dial. 2, 381 and, with improb. etym., v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 9); further unclear. After Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 454 from *ὀϜι̯α to Goth. gawi χώρα, περίχωρος, district', PGm. *ga-aui̯a- n.; agreeing a.o. Fraenkel Gnomon 22, 238 and Schmeja IF 68, 31 f. Further rich lit. in Feist Vgl. Wb. s.v.
