γνάθος

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₂dʰ-os, from the root *ǵneh₂dʰ-, or from *ǵénu- (“jaw, cheek, chin”). Cognate with Lithuanian žándas. See also the Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), from a related Indo-European root. On the other hand, Beekes suggested a non-IE, Pre-Greek origin, as normal phonological changes would have yielded *γνᾱθος (*gnāthos).

γνᾰ́θος • (gnáthos) f (genitive γνᾰ́θου); second declension

1. jaw
   1. narrow strait
2. point, edge
3. type of stone

• (jaw): γνάθμος (gnáthmos)

• πλᾰτύγνᾰθος (platúgnathos)

• Greek: γνάθος (gnáthos)
• Latin: eurygnathus

• γνάθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γνάθος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γνάθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γνάθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
• γνάθος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• γνάθος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • channel idem, page 124.
  • cheek idem, page 128.
  • edge idem, page 261.
  • fang idem, page 306.
  • jaw idem, page 462.
  • maw idem, page 518.
  • strait idem, page 822.

From Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnH₂dʰ-, *ǵnH₂dʰos, from *ǵénu- (“jaw, cheek, chin”).

γνάθος • (gnáthos) f (plural γνάθοι)

1. jawbone (mandible or maxilla)

• σιαγόνα f (siagóna)

• άνω γνάθος f (áno gnáthos, “maxilla, upper jaw”)
• κάτω γνάθος f (káto gnáthos, “mandible, lower jaw”)

• γνάθος in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.