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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.dós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈdos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈðos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈðos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈðos/

Noun

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

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 tōî oudōî	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

Homeric form of ὁδός (hodós) (occurs once; lengthened for metrical purposes)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.196

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	οὐδοῖν / οὐδοῖῐν oudoî(ĭ)n	οὐδῶν oudôn
Dative	οὐδῷ oudōî	οὐδοῖν / οὐδοῖῐν oudoî(ĭ)n	οὐδοῖς / οὐδοῖσῐ / οὐδοῖσῐν oudoîs / oudoîsĭ(n)
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.

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Further reading