οὖλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, mostly in pl., <b class="b3">οὖλα, τά</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the gums</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>898</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span> 7.113</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aph.</span>3.25</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.</span>2.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>251c</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>306</span>, etc.: sg., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>493a1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.7.176</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[gums]] (Hp., A., Pl., Arist.).<br />Other forms: mostly pl. <b class="b3">-α</b>.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Basis uncertain: <b class="b3">*(Ϝ)όλσον</b>, <b class="b3">*(Ϝ)όλνον</b> or even (if Ion. LW [loanword] in Att.) <b class="b3">*(Ϝ)όλϜον</b>? Etymolog. also uncertain: both connection with <b class="b3">εἰλέω</b>, <b class="b3">εἴλομαι</b> <b class="b2">press together</b> referring to the compact, massive structure of the gums as with <b class="b3">εἰλέω</b> [[turn]], [[wind]], <b class="b3">εἰλύω</b> <b class="b2">winden (around), envelop</b> (prop. *"tumour, envelop(ment)"; Bq, WP. 1, 299, Pok. 1141, W.-Hofmann s. [[gingīva]]) seem thinkable. But the etym. may well be quite diff.