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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

  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ θρόνον ἐλεφαντίνων ὀδόντων μέγαν καὶ κατεχρύσωσεν αὐτὸν χρυσίῳ δοκίμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:15)
  • ὅτι ναῦσ τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπορεύετο εἰσ Θαρσεῖσ μετὰ τῶν παίδων Χιράμ, ἅπαξ διὰ τριῶν ἐτῶν ἤρχετο πλοῖα ἐκ Θαρσεῖσ τῷ βασιλεῖ γέμοντα χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου καὶ ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων καὶ πιθήκων. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:19)
  • συνέτριψα δὲ μύλασ ἀδίκων, ἐκ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξήρπασα. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 29:17)
  • πύλασ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τίσ ἀνοίξει̣ κύκλῳ ὀδόντων αὐτοῦ φόβοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 41:6)
  • στολισμὸσ ἀνδρὸσ καὶ γέλωσ ὀδόντων καὶ βήματα ἀνθρώπου ἀναγγέλλει τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 19:30)

Synonyms

  1. A tooth

  2. the second vertebra

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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