υἱός
Alt. υἱός, οῦ, ὁ,
1. etc. "A son", Lat. filius, Hom., etc.; υἱὸν ποιεῖσθαί τινα to adopt him as "a son", Aeschin.; υἱεῖς ἄνδρες grown up sons, Dem.:—rarely of animals, NTest.
2. periphr., υἷες Ἀχαιῶν, for Ἀχαιοί, Il.; cf. παῖς.
Etym. Hom. sometimes makes the 1st syll. short, as if it were ὑός.