ὀδοντάγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “catching”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.don.tá.ɡraː/ → /o.ðonˈta.ɣra/ → /o.ðonˈda.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.don.tá.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.donˈta.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ðonˈta.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.ðonˈta.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.ðonˈda.ɣra/

Noun

ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ • (odontắgrā) f (genitive ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. forceps for drawing teeth

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ hē odontắgrā	τὼ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ odontắgrā	αἱ ὀδοντᾰ́γραι hai odontắgrai
Genitive	τῆς ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱς tês odontắgrās	τοῖν ὀδοντᾰ́γραιν toîn odontắgrain	τῶν ὀδοντᾰγρῶν tôn odontăgrôn
Dative	τῇ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾳ têi odontắgrāi	τοῖν ὀδοντᾰ́γραιν toîn odontắgrain	ταῖς ὀδοντᾰ́γραις taîs odontắgrais
Accusative	τὴν ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn odontắgrān	τὼ ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ odontắgrā	τᾱ̀ς ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s odontắgrās
Vocative	ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ odontắgrā	ὀδοντᾰ́γρᾱ odontắgrā	ὀδοντᾰ́γραι odontắgrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὀδοντάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀδοντάγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette