οὖλον
προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions
English (LSJ)
τό, mostly in pl., οὖλα, τά,
A the gums, A.Ch.898, Hp.Epid. 7.113, Aph.3.25, Morb.2.11, Pl.Phdr.251c, Nic.Th.306, etc.: sg., Arist.HA493a1, D.L.7.176.
German (Pape)
[Seite 413] τό, das Zahnfleisch, gew. im plur., οὔλοισιν ἐξήμελξας εὐτραφὲς γάλα, Aesch. Ch. 885; τὰ οὖλα, Plat. Phaedr. 251 c; oft bei Medic.; sing. bei D. L. 7, 176.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οὖλον: τό, τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ πληθυντ. οὖλα, τά, «γούλια», ἡ περὶ τὰ φατνία τῶν ὀδόντων σάρξ, Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1248, Αἰσχύλ. Χο. 898, Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 251C· ἑνικ., Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 11, 12, Διογ. Λ. 7. 176. ΙΙ. ἐν τῷ πληθ. ὡσαύτως πρῆσμα τῶν οὔλων, οἴδημα, Ἱππ. 464. 28, κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
gencive.
Étymologie: DELG étym. obscure.
Greek Monotonic
οὖλον: τό, κυρίως στον πληθ. οὖλα, τά, τα ούλα, τα τμήματα της στοματικής κοιλότητας που περιβάλλουν τα δόντια, σε Αισχύλ., Πλάτ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
οὖλον: τό (преимущ. pl.) десна Aesch., Plat., Arst.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: gums (Hp., A., Pl., Arist.).
Other forms: mostly pl. -α.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Basis uncertain: *(Ϝ)όλσον, *(Ϝ)όλνον or even (if Ion. LW [loanword] in Att.) *(Ϝ)όλϜον? Etymolog. also uncertain: both connection with εἰλέω, εἴλομαι press together referring to the compact, massive structure of the gums as with εἰλέω turn, wind, εἰλύω winden (around), envelop (prop. *"tumour, envelop(ment)"; Bq, WP. 1, 299, Pok. 1141, W.-Hofmann s. gingīva) seem thinkable. But the etym. may well be quite diff.
