δόντι
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dón.ti/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdon.ti/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðon.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðon.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðon.di/
Verb
δόντῐ • (dóntĭ)
- masculine/neuter dative singular of δούς (doús)
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek δόντιν (dóntin), δόντιον (dóntion), from Ancient Greek *ὀδόντιον (*odóntion), diminutive of ὀδούς, ὀδόντος (odoús, odóntos), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”).
Compare Mariupol Greek дъонд (ðond).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈðo̞n.di/
- Hyphenation: δόν‧τι
Noun
δόντι • (dónti) n (plural δόντια)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δόντι (dónti) | δόντια (dóntia) |
| genitive | δοντιού (dontioú) | δοντιών (dontión) |
| accusative | δόντι (dónti) | δόντια (dóntia) |
| vocative | δόντι (dónti) | δόντια (dóntia) |
Synonyms
- σκελίδα f (skelída, “clove”)
Further reading
- δόντι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language