tooth

Greek Noun Male

ὀδούς, -όντος, ὁ [in LXX for שֵׁן;] a tooth: Mat.5:38, Mrk.9:18, Act.7:54; pl, Rev.9:8, ὁ βρυγμὸς (which see) τ. ὀδόντων, Mat.8:12 13:42, 50 22:13 24:51 25:30, Luk.13:28. (AS)

tooth

Greek Noun Male

ὀδούς, όντος, ὁ, nominative ὀδούς [LXX+4th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ὀδών [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—tooth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕρκος ὀδόντων, see at {ἕρκος}; πρίειν ὀδόντας, see at {πρίω}; ὀ. ὀξεῖς incisors, opposed to πλατεῖς, molars, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) metaphorically, γλυκὺς ὀ. ὁ τοῦ πόθου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ τῆς λύπης ὀ. the tooth of grief, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II) anything pointed or sharp, tooth, prong, spike, etc, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: plural, teeth of a saw, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a comb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a cog-wheel, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] H; ploughshare, [LXX]; ὀ. πέτρας peak, pike,[LXX] III) second vertebra of the neck or its apophysis (the odontoid process), so called from its shape, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but the first vertebra accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Old present participle [Refs 5th c.BC+] ed- (alternating with od- (cf. Armenian utem 'I eat') and d-), the root of ἔδω, ἔδ-μεναι, Latin edo, etc: cf. Sanskrit accusative dántam 'tooth', Latin dens, Gothic tunpus, etc: Aeolic dialect ἔδοντες [Refs 5th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a "tooth"; tooth; perhaps from the base of g2068 (ἐσθίω);