odinolytes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠδινολύτης (ōdinolútēs), from ὠδίς (ōdís) and λύω (lúō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oː.diˈno.ly.teːs/, [oːd̪ɪˈnɔlʲʏt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.diˈno.li.tes/, [od̪iˈnɔːlit̪es]

Noun

ōdinolytēs m (genitive ōdinolytae); first declension

1. He who or that which alleviates the pangs of childbirth (epithet of the fish called mora)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōdinolytēs	ōdinolytae
Genitive	ōdinolytae	ōdinolytārum
Dative	ōdinolytae	ōdinolytīs
Accusative	ōdinolytēn	ōdinolytās
Ablative	ōdinolytē	ōdinolytīs
Vocative	ōdinolytē	ōdinolytae

References

• “odinolytes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• odinolytes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.