νωδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₃dos, from *n̥- (“not”) + *h₃dónts. By surface analysis, νω- (nō-, “not”) +‎ ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɔː.dós/ → /noˈðos/ → /noˈðos/

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

Adjective

νωδός • (nōdós) m (feminine νωδή, neuter νωδόν); first/second declension

1. toothless

Inflection

First and second declension of νωδός; νωδή; νωδόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νωδός nōdós	νωδή nōdḗ	νωδόν nōdón		νωδώ nōdṓ	νωδᾱ́ nōdā́	νωδώ nōdṓ		νωδοί nōdoí	νωδαί nōdaí	νωδᾰ́ nōdá
Genitive		νωδοῦ nōdoû	νωδῆς nōdês	νωδοῦ nōdoû		νωδοῖν nōdoîn	νωδαῖν nōdaîn	νωδοῖν nōdoîn		νωδῶν nōdôn	νωδῶν nōdôn	νωδῶν nōdôn
Dative		νωδῷ nōdôi	νωδῇ nōdêi	νωδῷ nōdôi		νωδοῖν nōdoîn	νωδαῖν nōdaîn	νωδοῖν nōdoîn		νωδοῖς nōdoîs	νωδαῖς nōdaîs	νωδοῖς nōdoîs
Accusative		νωδόν nōdón	νωδήν nōdḗn	νωδόν nōdón		νωδώ nōdṓ	νωδᾱ́ nōdā́	νωδώ nōdṓ		νωδούς nōdoús	νωδᾱ́ς nōdā́s	νωδᾰ́ nōdá
Vocative		νωδέ nōdé	νωδή nōdḗ	νωδόν nōdón		νωδώ nōdṓ	νωδᾱ́ nōdā́	νωδώ nōdṓ		νωδοί nōdoí	νωδαί nōdaí	νωδᾰ́ nōdá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		νωδῶς nōdôs				νωδότερος nōdóteros				νωδότᾰτος nōdótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νωδογέρων (nōdogérōn)

Further reading

• “νωδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νωδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νωδός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νωδός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • toothless idem, page 880.
• 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