οὖδας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly related to Old Armenian գետին (getin, “ground, earth”) and Hittite 𒌓𒉈𒂊 (ut-ne-e /⁠utnē⁠/, “land, country”). Possibly connected to οὐδός (oudós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ûː.das/ → /ˈu.ðas/ → /ˈu.ðas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ûː.das/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈu.das/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ðas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ðas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ðas/

Noun

οὖδᾰς • (oûdas) n (genitive οὔδεος); third declension

1. ground, earth
2. floor

Declension

Third declension of οὖδᾰς; οὔδεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	οὖδᾰς oûdas	οὔδει / οὔδεε oúdei / oúdee	οὔδεᾰ oúdea
Genitive	οὔδεος / οὔδευς oúdeos / oúdeus	οὐδέοιν oudéoin	οὐδέων oudéōn
Dative	οὔδει / οὔδεῐ̈ oúdei / oúdeï	οὐδέοιν oudéoin	οὔδεσῐ / οὔδεσῐν oúdesi(n)
Accusative	οὖδᾰς oûdas	οὔδει / οὔδεε oúdei / oúdee	οὔδεᾰ oúdea
Vocative	οὖδᾰς oûdas	οὔδει / οὔδεε oúdei / oúdee	οὔδεᾰ oúdea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• οὖδάσδε (oûdásde)

Further reading

• “οὖδας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• οὖδας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• οὖδας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “οὖδας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • earth idem, page 259.
  • floor idem, page 329.
  • ground idem, page 375.
  • soil idem, page 791.