ὠδίς
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- ὠδίν (ōdín)
Etymology
editThe formation is similar to ἀκτίς (aktís), γλωχίς (glōkhís) and δελφίς (delphís) but the root is unclear. The word has been connected with ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain of body”) but the long initial vowel has not been explained yet. Van Beek suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to bite”). Alternatively, the word may be of Pre-Greek origin, because of the suffix "-ῖν-".
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɔː.dǐːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈdis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈðis/
Noun
editὠδῑ́ς • (ōdī́s) f (genitive ὠδῖνος); third declension
- pangs or throes of childbirth (mostly in plural)
- that which is born amid throes, child
- travail, anguish (also of love)
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὠδῑ́ς hē ōdī́s |
τὼ ὠδῖνε tṑ ōdîne |
αἱ ὠδῖνες hai ōdînes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὠδῖνος tês ōdînos |
τοῖν ὠδῑ́νοιν toîn ōdī́noin |
τῶν ὠδῑ́νων tôn ōdī́nōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὠδῖνῐ têi ōdîni |
τοῖν ὠδῑ́νοιν toîn ōdī́noin |
ταῖς ὠδῖσῐ / ὠδῖσῐν taîs ōdîsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὠδῖνᾰ tḕn ōdîna |
τὼ ὠδῖνε tṑ ōdîne |
τᾱ̀ς ὠδῖνᾰς tā̀s ōdînas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὠδῑ́ς ōdī́s |
ὠδῖνε ōdîne |
ὠδῖνες ōdînes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- δυσώδινος (dusṓdinos)
- ὠδινολύτης (ōdinolútēs)
- ὠδίνω (ōdínō)
Further reading
edit- “ὠδίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὠδίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
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- Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension