A.“ὖς” Alc.99 (s.v.l.); both forms in Pi., v. infr.; ὗς in PCair.Zen. 462.7 (iii B. C.), LXXLe.11.7, al. (σῦς only as v. l. in Ps.79(80).14), and Plb.8.29.4, 31.14.3, 34.8.8 (συναγρειον f.l. in 8.26.10, B.-W. ii Praef. p.lxxvii); but σῦς (acc. σῦν) in IG5(1).1390.34, al. (Andania, i B. C.): pl., nom. ὕες, σύες; acc. ὕας, σύας, Att. “ὗς” Pl.Tht.166c, Plb.12.4.5,8, GDI5633.9 (Clazomenae) (“σῦς” Od.14.107); gen. ὑῶν, συῶν; dat. ὑσί （“συσί” Il.5.783, 7.257), but Ep. also “ὕεσσι” Od.13.410, σύεσσι (v. infr.):—the wild swine, of the boar, “σῦν ἄγριον ἀργιόδοντα” Il.9.539, cf. 8.338, al.; “ἀργοτέρῳ συΐ καπρίῳ” 11.293; “ἀγροτέροισι σύεσσιν ἐοικότε” 12.146; “ἀργιόδοντος ὑός” 10.264; also called σῦς κάπριος or κάπρος, v. sub vocc.; cf. also χλούνης; of the sow, “συὸς ληϊβοτείρης” Od.18.29; “ὗς ἄγριος” Hdt.4.192, cf. X.Cyr.1.6.28, etc.; ὕες (v.l. ὗς）“ ἄγριαι” Arist.HA578a25.
2. of the domesticated animal, Od. 14.14; the hogs being eaten, “ὕες θαλέθοντες ἀλοιφῇ” Il.23.32; they were fed on acorns, Od. 10.243; also on μῆλα πλατανίστινα, Gal.6.597; “τοκὰς ὗς” sus foeta, Luc.Lex.6, cf. Od. 14.16; “ὗς ἐπίτεξ” Alciphr. 3.73.
3. provs., Βοιωτία ὗς, of stupidity (cf. συοβοιωτοί), Pi.O.6.90, cf. Fr.83 (σύας）; ὗς ποτ᾽ Ἀθαναίαν ἔριν ἤρισεν (or more shortly ἡ ὗς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, Lat. sus Minervam, Plu.Dem. 11), of dunces setting themselves up against wise men, Theoc.5.23; “οὐκ ἂν πᾶσα ὗς γνοίη” Pl. La.196d; ὗς διὰ ῥόδων 'a bull in a china-shop', Crates Com.4; ὗς ἐκώμασε, of arrogant and insolent behaviour, Theognost.Can.24; ὗς ὑπὸ ῥόπαλον δραμεῖται, of one who runs wilfully into destruction, Dinoloch.14; παχὺς ὗς ἔκειτ᾽ ἐπὶ στόμα (cf. βοῦς VIII) Men.21; λύσω τὴν ἐμαυτῆς ὗν I will give my rage vent ('go the whole hog'), Ar.Lys. 684.
