ὀδάξ

English (LSJ)

Adv.

   A by biting with the teeth, ὀ. ἕλον οὖδας, of men in the agonies of death, Il.11.749, etc. ; so ὀ. λαζοίατο γαῖαν 2.418 ; γαῖαν ὀ. ἑλόντες E.Ph.1423 ; also ὀ. ἐν χείλεσι φύντες biting the lips in smothered rage, Od.1.381 : so in Com., ἀποδάκνειν ὀ. Cratin.164 ; διατρώξομαι ὀ. τὸ δίκτυον Ar.V.164 ; ὀ. ἔχεσθαι ib.943 ; λαβέσθαι Id.Pl.690:— if κυνὸς ἄγριον ὀδάξ be correct in Diog.Cyn. ap. D.L.6.79, ὀδάξ must be taken either as tooth or as bite.