1. ὠδίς · ōdis — Beekes
throes of birth, that which is born (out of pains), metaph. ‘strain
The corpus record
ὠδίς
odis
throes of birth, that which is born (out of pains), metaph. ‘strain
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
- Osee 2 · 5.31/10k
- Odae 2 · 4.92/10k
- Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
- Machabaeorum IV 3 · 3.89/10k
- Job 5 · 3.75/10k
- Ion 3 · 3.28/10k
- Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
- Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Phoenissae 2 · 2.07/10k
- Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ὠδίς · ōdis — Chantraine
tvos : !
3. ὠδίς · ōdis — Frisk
jünger -iv, -ῖνος, gew
4. ὠδίς · ōdis — LSJ
pangs, throes of childbirth, birth
Attestations
- ὠδῖνας · ōdinas Iliad 11.271
- ὠδίνων · ōdinōn Odyssey 9.415
- ὠδῖνος · ōdinos Plato, Republic 6.490 (DIORISIS sentence 3707)
- ὠδῖσί · ōdisi Plato, Republic 9.574 (DIORISIS sentence 5359)
- ὠδίνων · ōdinōn Plato, Phaedrus 251 (DIORISIS sentence 454)
- ὠδῖνας · ōdinas Plato, Timaeus 84 (DIORISIS sentence 809)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1726-1727; entry #6686 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1318; entry #8950 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 2115-2116; entry #6219 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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