Ὄασις

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ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief

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Full diacritics: Ὄασις Medium diacritics: Ὄασις Low diacritics: Όασις Capitals: ΌΑΣΙΣ
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.]