ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
| Full diacritics: οἶις | Medium diacritics: οἶις | Low diacritics: οίις | Capitals: ΟΙΙΣ |
| Transliteration A: oîis | Transliteration B: oiis | Transliteration C: oiis | Beta Code: oi)=is |
ιδος, ἡ, poet. for ὄϊς,
A sheep, Theoc.1.9 (in acc. sg. οἴιδα, but οἰίδα 'sheepskin' [cj. Ahrens] is prob.).
οἶις, ἡ (Α)
(ποιητ. τ.) βλ. όις.
οἶις: ἡ, αιτ. οἴιδα, Επικ. αντί ὄϊς, πρόβατο, σε Θεόκρ.
[epic for ὄϊς]
a sheep, Theocr.
