ὀδούς

See also: οδούς and ὁδούς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *odónts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (tooth).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit दत् (dát), Latin dēns, and Old English tōþ (English tooth).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀδούς • (odoúsm (genitive ὀδόντος); third declension

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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: δόντι (dónti) (from diminutive *ὀδόντιον (*odóntion))
  • Mariupol Greek: дъонд (ðond) (from diminutive *ὀδόντιον (*odóntion))
  • English: -odont, -odontia, odonto-

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὀδών”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1049

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