Lexical Definition

‎οὖς‎ oûs (ooce) ear ^G:N-N
apparently a primary word

ear.

• the ear (physically or mentally)

Abbott-Smith

οὖς gen., ὠτός, τό, [in LXX chiefly for אֹזֶן;]
the ear: Mt 13:16, Mk 7:33, Lk 22:50, I Co 2:9 12:16, I Pe 3:12; ἐν τ. ὠσί, Lk 4:21; εἰς τ. ὦτα ἀκούεσθαι, Ac 7:57; γίνεσθαι, Lk 1:44; εἰσέρχεσθαι, Ja 5:4; εἰς τ. οὖς ἀκούειν, Mt 10:27; πρὸς τ. οὖς λαλεῖν, Lk 12:3; τὰ ὦ. συνέχειν (MM, xviii), Ac 7:57. Metaph., of understanding, perceiving, knowing: Mt 13:16; ὁ ἔχων (εἴ τις ἔχει) οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Re 2:7, 11, 17, 29 3:6, 13, 22 13:9; ὁ ἔχων (ὃς ἔχει, εἴ τις ἔχει) ὦτα (ἀκούειν) ἀκουέτω, Mt 11:15 13:9, 43, Mk 4:9, 23 7:16 (R, mg.), Lk 8:8 14:35; τοῖς ὠ. βαρέως ἀκούειν, Mt 13:15, Ac 28:27 (LXX); ὦ. ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούειν, Mk 8:18; ὦ. τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν, Ro 11:8; θέσθε εἰς τὰ ὦ., Lk 9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὠ., Ac 7:51.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

οὖς

(nominative singular frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; the other cases he forms as if from οὖας (which is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+], dative οὔασι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Hellenistic nominative singular ὦς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: also Doric dialect ὦς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; plural ὤϝαθ᾽ conjecture for ὦτά θ᾽ in [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—ear, Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπ᾽ οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο oh may I never hear of such a thing! [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings in the ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀξὺν δι᾽ ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας[οὖς ἑκάστῳ.. ηὔδα λόγους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1091, compare “Hipp.” 932; προσκύψας μοι μικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 275e ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ (ἐς conjecture Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; reversely, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα to lend the ears, i. e. to attend, [Refs 5th c.BC+] those who have ears to hear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: proverbial, see at {λύκο; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς}, of a boxer, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν sleep soundly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II from resemblance to an ear,
__II.1 handle, especially of pitchers, cups, etc., οὔατα δ᾽ αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ᾽ ἔσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 in Architecture texts, ={παρωτίς}[Refs]
__II.3 οὖς Ἀφροδίτης, a kind of shell-fish, Antig.Car. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οὖς θαλάττιον, ={ἀγρία λεπάς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 τὰ ὦτα (οὔατα [Refs 5th c.BC+] the auricles of the heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 name of part of a bandage, Heraclas cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+]. [prev. cited]] (Cogn. with Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] éar, etc.; details obscure; nominative singular οὖς perhaps from *ο(ϝ)ος (contained in ἀμφώης).)