Ὄασις

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ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκήςeven the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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Transliteration A: Óasis Transliteration B: Oasis Transliteration C: Oasis Beta Code: *)/oasis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, name of cities in the Libyan desert, Hdt.3.26, Olymp.Hist.p.464 D.; cf. Αὔασις:—hence Ὀασῖται, οἱ, Ptol.Geog. 4.5.25: Adj. Ὀασιτικός, ή, όν, PSI4.433.6 (iii B. C.).

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Ὄασις: εως ἡ Оасис (город в Большом Оазисе - Египет) Her.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ὄασις: -εως, ἡ, τόπος εὔφορος καὶ κατῳκημένος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Λιβύης, ἀποτελῶν οὕτως εἰπεῖν χλοερὰν νῆσον ἐν μέσῳ τῆς ξηρᾶς καὶ ἀμμώδους ἐρήμου, Ἡρόδ. 3. 26, ἔνθα ἴδε Bähr. (Τὸ ὄνομα εἶναι πιθανῶς Ἀραβικὸν (vah)· ὁ τύπος Αὔασις, ἀπαντᾷ παρὰ Στράβ. 130, ὅπερ ἴσως εἶναι ἁπλῶς ἀπόπειρα πρὸς Ἑλληνικὴν ἐτυμολογίαν τῆς λέξεως οἱονεὶ ἐκ τοῦ αὔω, αὐαίνω).

Greek Monotonic

Ὄασις: -εως, ἡ, ονομασία εύφορων τόπων στη Λιβυκή έρημο, σε Ηρόδ. (όνομα πιθ. Αιγυπτιακό).

Middle Liddell

Ὄασις, εως,
a name of the fertile islets in the Libyan desert, Hdt. [The name is prob. Egyptian.]