ὠτειλή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is unclear and the etymology controversial. Greek formations which are candidates to be cognate are γατάλαι (gatálai, “scars”), βωτάζειν (bōtázein, “to throw, cast”), οὐτάω (outáō, “to wound”) and, less probable, ἄτη (átē, “damage, guilt, blindness”). From other languages Lithuanian votìs (“ulcer”) and Latvian vâts (“festering wound”) are compared. The word could well be Pre-Greek; this seems confirmed by the form *ϝαταλ- in the first gloss.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.teː.lɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.tiˈle̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.tiˈli/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.tiˈli/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.tiˈli/

Noun

ὠτειλή • (ōteilḗ) f (genitive ὠτειλῆς); first declension

wound, especially a fresh, open one
(generally) any kind of wound, whether recent or not
Synonym: τραῦμα (traûma)
mark of a wound, scar
Synonym: οὐλή (oulḗ)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὠτειλή; τῆς ὠτειλῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὠτειλή hē ōteilḗ	τὼ ὠτειλᾱ́ tṑ ōteilā́	αἱ ὠτειλαί hai ōteilaí
Genitive	τῆς ὠτειλῆς tês ōteilês	τοῖν ὠτειλαῖν toîn ōteilaîn	τῶν ὠτειλῶν tôn ōteilôn
Dative	τῇ ὠτειλῇ têi ōteilêi	τοῖν ὠτειλαῖν toîn ōteilaîn	ταῖς ὠτειλαῖς taîs ōteilaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὠτειλήν tḕn ōteilḗn	τὼ ὠτειλᾱ́ tṑ ōteilā́	τᾱ̀ς ὠτειλᾱ́ς tā̀s ōteilā́s
Vocative	ὠτειλή ōteilḗ	ὠτειλᾱ́ ōteilā́	ὠτειλαί ōteilaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὠτειλῆθεν (ōteilêthen)
ὠτειλόομαι (ōteilóomai)

References

“ὠτειλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ὠτειλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ὠτειλή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ὠτειλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὠτειλή 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, →ISBN