ὁδός

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *hodós, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *sodós (course), which is traditionally derived from *sed- (to sit) and directly cognate with Proto-Slavic *xodъ (motion; passage), with more distant cognates including Sanskrit साद (sāda, a sitting, riding, motion); however, this has been disputed.[1] For the putative semantic development, compare English set out from the same root, as well as road from Proto-Germanic *raidō (ride, journey).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ὁδός (hodósf (genitive ὁδοῦ); second declension

  1. threshold
  2. road, path, way
    Synonym: οὔθα (oútha)
  3. journey, trip, expedition
  4. The way, means, or manner to some end, method

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: hodo-, odo-, -ode
  • Greek: οδός (odós, street, way) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὁδός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1046-7

Further reading

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