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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

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

  • ἐκ δὲ αὐτῆσ ὀδοὺσ προκύπτει, ᾧ κεντοῦσα πίνει τοῦ αἵματοσ ‐ πίνει μὲν γὰρ καὶ γάλακτοσ, ἡδὺ δὲ αὐτῇ καὶ τὸ αἷμα ‐ οὐ μετὰ μεγάλησ ὀδύνησ τῶν κεντουμένων. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 3:5)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἐξ αὐτοῦ οἰκεῖον τῷ ἀφ’ οὗ, οἱο͂ν ὀδοὺσ θρὶξ ὁτιοῦν τῷ ἔχοντι· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 123:2)
  • ὀδοὺσ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ δεύτερα παρέσται ζῴῳ τῶν γε ἤδη τελείων· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 12 3:3)
  • ᾔδειν γὰρ ὅτι συντάξει τοῖσ υἱοῖσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτόν, καὶ φυλάξουσι τὰσ ὁδοὺσ Κυρίου ποιεῖν δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν, ὅπωσ ἂν ἐπαγάγῃ Κύριοσ ἐπὶ Ἁβραὰμ πάντα, ὅσα ἐλάλησε πρὸσ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:19)
  • καὶ διαμαρτύρῃ αὐτοῖσ τὰ προστάγματα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τὸν νόμον αὐτοῦ καὶ σημανεῖσ αὐτοῖσ τὰσ ὁδούσ, ἐν αἷσ πορεύσονται ἐν αὐταῖσ, καὶ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιήσουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 18:20)
  • καὶ ἔσῃ ψηλαφῶν μεσημβρίασ, ὡσεί τισ ψηλαφήσαι τυφλὸσ ἐν τῷ σκότει, καὶ οὐκ εὐοδώσει τὰσ ὁδούσ σου. καὶ ἔσῃ τότε ἀδικούμενοσ καὶ διαρπαζόμενοσ πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται σοι ὁ βοηθῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:29)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἀποστήσεται ἡ βίβλοσ τοῦ νόμου τούτου ἐκ τοῦ στόματόσ σου, καὶ μελετήσεισ ἐν αὐτῷ ἡμέρασ καὶ νυκτόσ, ἵνα εἰδῇσ ποιεῖν πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα. τότε εὐοδωθήσῃ, καὶ εὐοδώσεισ τὰσ ὁδούσ σου καὶ τότε συνήσεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 1:8)
  • καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἤλθοσαν εἰσ τὴν ὀρεινὴν καὶ κατέμειναν ἐκεῖ τρεῖσ ἡμέρασ. καὶ ἐξεζήτησαν οἱ καταδιώκοντεσ πάσασ τὰσ ὁδοὺσ καὶ οὐχ εὕροσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 2:22)

Synonyms

  1. A tooth

  2. the second vertebra

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Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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