"ὀδούς" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /o.dǔːs/, /oˈðus/, /oˈðus/, /o.dǔːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /oˈdus/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /oˈðus/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /oˈðus/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /oˈðus/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *odónts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognates include Sanskrit दत् (dát), Latin dēns, and Old English tōþ (English tooth). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*odónts}} Proto-Hellenic *odónts, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*h₃dónts||tooth}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”), {{cog|sa|दत्|tr=dát}} Sanskrit दत् (dát), {{cog|la|dēns}} Latin dēns, {{cog|ang|tōþ}} Old English tōþ, {{cog|en|tooth}} English tooth Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὀδόντος|m|third}} ὀδούς • (odoús) m (genitive ὀδόντος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὀδούς|ὀδόντος}} Forms: odoús [romanization], ὀδόντος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ὀδούς [nominative, singular], τὼ ὀδόντε [dual, nominative], οἱ ὀδόντες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ὀδόντος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ὀδόντοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ὀδόντων [genitive, plural], τῷ ὀδόντῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ὀδόντοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ὀδοῦσῐ [dative, plural], ὀδοῦσῐν [dative, plural], toîs odoûsi [dative, plural], toîs odoûsin [dative, plural], τὸν ὀδόντᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ὀδόντε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ὀδόντᾰς [accusative, plural], ὀδόν [singular, vocative], ὀδόντε [dual, vocative], ὀδόντες [plural, vocative]
  1. A tooth, tusk Categories (topical): Teeth
    Sense id: en-ὀδούς-grc-noun-6Wyadhtl Disambiguation of Teeth: 69 5 26
  2. anything pointed: spike, prong
    Sense id: en-ὀδούς-grc-noun-ADKvrvKX
  3. the second vertebra (so called because of its shape)
    Sense id: en-ὀδούς-grc-noun-wA9DmeVr Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 69 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 28 29 43 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 15 16 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ὀδών (odṓn) [Ionic], ἔδοντες (édontes) [Aeolic, plural] Derived forms: κῠνόδους (kunódous), νωδός (nōdós), ὀδοντάγρα (odontágra), τριόδους (triódous)

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kunódous",
      "word": "κῠνόδους"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nōdós",
      "word": "νωδός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "odontágra",
      "word": "ὀδοντάγρα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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    },
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    },
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      "expansion": "Latin dēns",
      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
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      "form": "grc-decl",
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      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "ὁ ὀδούς",
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      "form": "τοῖν ὀδόντοιν",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τῷ ὀδόντῐ",
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      ]
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      "form": "τοῖς ὀδοῦσῐ",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀδοῦσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "toîs odoûsi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs odoûsin",
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        "dative",
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      "form": "τοὺς ὀδόντᾰς",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ὀδόν",
      "roman": "odón",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "ὀδόντες",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "69 5 26",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Teeth",
          "orig": "grc:Teeth",
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            "Face",
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            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
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            "Biology",
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            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
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        "A tooth, tusk"
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          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
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          "tusk",
          "tusk"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "the second vertebra (so called because of its shape)"
      ],
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          "vertebra",
          "vertebra"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/o.dǔːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/o.dǔːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈdus/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "odṓn",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ὀδών"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "édontes",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ἔδοντες"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὀδούς"
}
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    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "kunódous",
      "word": "κῠνόδους"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nōdós",
      "word": "νωδός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "odontágra",
      "word": "ὀδοντάγρα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "triódous",
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    }
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "οἱ ὀδόντες",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ὀδόντος",
      "roman": "toû odóntos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὀδόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn odóntoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ὀδόντων",
      "roman": "tôn odóntōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ὀδόντῐ",
      "roman": "tôi odónti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὀδόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn odóntoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ὀδοῦσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀδοῦσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs odoûsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs odoûsin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ὀδόντᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn odónta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὀδόντε",
      "roman": "tṑ odónte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ὀδόντᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs odóntas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀδόν",
      "roman": "odón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀδόντε",
      "roman": "odónte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀδόντες",
      "roman": "odóntes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὀδόντος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ὀδούς • (odoús) m (genitive ὀδόντος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὀδούς",
        "2": "ὀδόντος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A tooth, tusk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "tusk",
          "tusk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything pointed: spike, prong"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ],
        [
          "prong",
          "prong"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the second vertebra (so called because of its shape)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vertebra",
          "vertebra"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/o.dǔːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/o.dǔːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈdus/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈðus/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "odṓn",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ὀδών"
    },
    {
      "roman": "édontes",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ἔδοντες"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὀδούς"
}

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