οὖλον
ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου → my life is as nothing in respect to you, my life is nothing in thy reckoning
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.
Middle Liddell
οὖλον, ου, μοστλψ ιν πλ., οὖλα, ων, τά, mostly in pl.]
the gums, Aesch., Plat.
