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ὀδόντας (odontas)

ὀδόντας is an Ancient Greek form of ὀδούς, meaning “tooth”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of ὀδών, “tooth”.

Found 128 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.281: ἄκρῃς ἐν γενύεσσι μάτην ἀράβησαν ὀδόντας·

Lucian of Samosata, Dialogi meretricii 12.2: … ἐνοχλοίην βλεπομένη. πομπεύσεις τότε ὡς μέγα καὶ λαμπρὸν ἔργον ἐργασάμενος. τί με ὑποβλέπεις καὶ πρίεις τοὺς ὁδόντας; εἰ γάρ τι ἐγκαλεῖς, εἰπέ, Πυθιὰς ἡμῖν αὕτη δικασάτω. τί τοῦτο; οὐδὲ ἀποκρινάμενος ἀπέρχῃ καταλιπών με; ὁρᾷς, …

All forms of ὀδούς (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.