ὀδούς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀδών (Ionic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognates include Sanskrit दत् (dát), Latin dēns, and Old English tōþ (English tooth).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /odo͜ós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /odúːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /oðús/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /oðús/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /oðús/

Noun

ὀδούς (genitive ὀδόντος) m, third declension; (odous)

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

Inflection

Third declension of ὀδούς, ὀδόντος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀδούς	τὼ ὀδόντε	οἱ ὀδόντες
Genitive	τοῦ ὀδόντος	τοῖν ὀδόντοιν	τῶν ὀδόντων
Dative	τῷ ὀδόντῐ	τοῖν ὀδόντοιν	τοῖς ὀδοῦσι(ν)
Accusative	τὸν ὀδόντᾰ	τὼ ὀδόντε	τοὺς ὀδόντᾰς
Vocative	ὀδόν	ὀδόντε	ὀδόντες

Descendants

• English: -odont, -odontia, odonto-
• Greek: δόντι (dónti)

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G3599