ὀδάξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ-. However, according to Beekes, in view of the semantic connection with other words such as ὀδακτάζω (odaktázō, “to bite, gnaw”), ἀδακτῶ (adaktô, “to itch”), ἀδαχεῖ (adakheî, “it itches”) which display a variation in initial vowel and stem-final consonant, and because of the limited semantic field, it is more likely to be Pre-Greek in origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.dáks/ → /oˈðaks/ → /oˈðaks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.dáks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈdaks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈðaks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈðaks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈðaks/

Adverb

ὀδάξ • (odáx)

1. with the teeth

Derived terms

• ὀδὰξ αἱρέω γαῖαν (odàx hairéō gaîan)
• ὀδὰξ αἱρέω οὖδας (odàx hairéō oûdas)
• ὀδὰξ λάζομαι γαῖαν (odàx lázomai gaîan)

 

Further reading

• “ὀδάξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀδάξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• R. S. P. Beekes, Pre-Greek Phonology, Morphology and Lexicon (2014): page 158, ὄδαξ
• ὀδάξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὀδάξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀδάξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • tooth idem, page 880.