Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠδινολύτης (ōdinolútēs), from ὠδίς (ōdís) and λύω (lúō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ōdinolytēs m (genitive ōdinolytae); first declension

  1. He who or that which alleviates the pangs of childbirth (epithet of the fish called mora)

Declension

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First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōdinolytēs ōdinolytae
Genitive ōdinolytae ōdinolytārum
Dative ōdinolytae ōdinolytīs
Accusative ōdinolytēn ōdinolytās
Ablative ōdinolytē ōdinolytīs
Vocative ōdinolytē ōdinolytae

References

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  • odinolytes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • odinolytes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.