κυνόδους

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From κῠ́ων (kúōn, dog, stem: κῠν-, kun-) + ὀδούς (odoús, tooth).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῠνόδους (kunódous) m (genitive κῠνόδοντος); third declension

  1. a canine tooth, a cuspid (properly of dogs, but also used of lions, of men, and of horses, as well as of a serpent’s fang)
  2. (in the plural) the teeth of a saw

Declension

Descendants

  • Translingual: Cynodon (generic name)

References

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