οὐδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Unexplained. A basis *ὀδϝός (*odwós) enables connection with οὖδας (oûdas, “ground, soil”), but only if one accepts that this is a generalized Ionic form. In principle both words could be variants of the same Pre-Greek word.

Alternative forms

• ὠδός (ōdós) — Doric

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.dós/ → /uˈðos/ → /uˈðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.dós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈdos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈðos/

Noun

οὐδός • (oudós) m (genitive οὐδοῦ); second declension

1. threshold

Declension

Second declension of ὁ οὐδός; τοῦ οὐδοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὐδός ho oudós	τὼ οὐδώ tṑ oudṓ	οἱ οὐδοί hoi oudoí
Genitive	τοῦ οὐδοῦ toû oudoû	τοῖν οὐδοῖν toîn oudoîn	τῶν οὐδῶν tôn oudôn
Dative	τῷ οὐδῷ tôi oudôi	τοῖν οὐδοῖν toîn oudoîn	τοῖς οὐδοῖς toîs oudoîs
Accusative	τὸν οὐδόν tòn oudón	τὼ οὐδώ tṑ oudṓ	τοὺς οὐδούς toùs oudoús
Vocative	οὐδέ oudé	οὐδώ oudṓ	οὐδοί oudoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Noun

οὐδός • (oudós) m (genitive οὐδοῦ); second declension

1. Homeric form of ὁδός (hodós) (occurs once; lengthened for metrical purposes)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.196

Declension

Second declension of οὐδός; οὐδοῦ (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	οὐδός oudós	οὐδώ oudṓ	οὐδοί oudoí
Genitive	οὐδοῦ / οὐδοῖο / οὐδόο oudoû / oudoîo / oudóo	οὐδοῖῐν oudoîin	οὐδῶν oudôn
Dative	οὐδῷ oudôi	οὐδοῖῐν oudoîin	οὐδοῖσῐ / οὐδοῖσῐν / οὐδοῖς oudoîsi(n) / oudoîs
Accusative	οὐδόν oudón	οὐδώ oudṓ	οὐδούς oudoús
Vocative	οὐδέ oudé	οὐδώ oudṓ	οὐδοί oudoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “οὐδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οὐδός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• οὐδός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN