οὐδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Unexplained. A basis *ὀδϝός (*odwós) enables connection with οὖδας (oûdas, “ground, soil”), but only if one accepts that this is a generalized Ionic form. In principle both words could be variants of the same Pre-Greek word.

Alternative forms
  • ὠδός (ōdós) – Doric

Pronunciation
 

Noun

οὐδός • (oudós) m (genitive οὐδοῦ); second declension

  1. threshold
Declension
Second declension of ὁ οὐδός; τοῦ οὐδοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ οὐδός
ho oudós		 τὼ οὐδώ
tṑ oudṓ		 οἱ οὐδοί
hoi oudoí
Genitive τοῦ οὐδοῦ
toû oudoû		 τοῖν οὐδοῖν
toîn oudoîn		 τῶν οὐδῶν
tôn oudôn
Dative τῷ οὐδῷ
tôi oudôi		 τοῖν οὐδοῖν
toîn oudoîn		 τοῖς οὐδοῖς
toîs oudoîs
Accusative τὸν οὐδόν
tòn oudón		 τὼ οὐδώ
tṑ oudṓ		 τοὺς οὐδούς
toùs oudoús
Vocative οὐδέ
oudé		 οὐδώ
oudṓ		 οὐδοί
oudoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Noun

οὐδός • (oudós) m (genitive οὐδοῦ); second declension

  1. Epic form of ὁδός (hodós) (occurs once; lengthened for metrical purposes)
Declension
Second declension of οὐδός; οὐδοῦ (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οὐδός
oudós		 οὐδώ
oudṓ		 οὐδοί
oudoí
Genitive οὐδοῦ / οὐδοῖο / οὐδόο
oudoû / oudoîo / oudóo		 οὐδοῖῐν
oudoîin		 οὐδῶν
oudôn
Dative οὐδῷ
oudôi		 οὐδοῖῐν
oudoîin		 οὐδοῖσῐ / οὐδοῖσῐν / οὐδοῖς
oudoîsi(n) / oudoîs
Accusative οὐδόν
oudón		 οὐδώ
oudṓ		 οὐδούς
oudoús
Vocative οὐδέ
oudé		 οὐδώ
oudṓ		 οὐδοί
oudoí
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading
  • οὐδός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • οὐδός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • οὐδός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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
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