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ὀδούς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀδούς ὀδόντος

Structure: ὀδοντ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. A tooth, tusk
  2. anything pointed: spike, prong
  3. the second vertebra (so called because of its shape)

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀδούς ὀδόντε ὀδόντες
Genitive ὀδόντος ὀδόντοιν ὀδόντων
Dative ὀδόντι ὀδόντοιν ὀδοῦσιν*
Accusative ὀδόντα ὀδόντε ὀδόντας
Vocative ὀδόν ὀδόντε ὀδόντες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τηκόμενοι λιμῷ καὶ βρώσει ὀρνέων καὶ ὀπισθότονοσ ἀνίατοσ. ὀδόντασ θηρίων ἐπαποστελῶ εἰσ αὐτοὺσ μετὰ θυμοῦ συρόντων ἐπὶ γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:24)
  • ἀνάστα, Κύριε, σῶσόν με, ὁ Θεόσ μου, ὅτι σὺ ἐπάταξασ πάντασ τοὺσ ἐχθραίνοντάσ μοι ματαίωσ, ὀδόντασ ἁμαρτωλῶν συνέτριψασ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 3:8)
  • ἐπείρασάν με, ἐξεμυκτήρισάν με μυκτηρισμῷ, ἔβρυξαν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τοὺσ ὀδόντασ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 34:16)
  • παρατηρήσεται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸσ τὸν δίκαιον καὶ βρύξει ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν τοὺσ ὀδόντασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 36:12)
  • ὁ Θεὸσ συντρίψει τοὺσ ὀδόντασ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, τὰσ μύλασ τῶν λεόντων συνέθλασεν ὁ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 57:7)

Synonyms

  1. A tooth

  2. the second vertebra

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