ὀδοντάγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “catching”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.don.tá.ɡraː/ → /o.ðonˈta.ɣra/ → /o.ðonˈda.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.don.tá.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.donˈta.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ðonˈta.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.ðonˈta.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.ðonˈda.ɣra/

Noun

ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ • (odontágrā) f (genitive ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. forceps for drawing teeth

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ hē odontágrā	τὼ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ odontágrā	αἱ ὀδοντᾰ́γραι hai odontágrai
Genitive	τῆς ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱς tês odontágrās	τοῖν ὀδοντᾰ́γραιν toîn odontágrain	τῶν ὀδοντᾰγρῶν tôn odontagrôn
Dative	τῇ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾳ têi odontágrāi	τοῖν ὀδοντᾰ́γραιν toîn odontágrain	ταῖς ὀδοντᾰ́γραις taîs odontágrais
Accusative	τὴν ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn odontágrān	τὼ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ odontágrā	τᾱ̀ς ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s odontágrās
Vocative	ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ odontágrā	ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ odontágrā	ὀδοντᾰ́γραι odontágrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὀδοντάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀδοντάγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette