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ὀδοντοξέστης

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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523
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Full diacritics: ὀδοντοξέστης Medium diacritics: ὀδοντοξέστης Low diacritics: οδοντοξέστης Capitals: ΟΔΟΝΤΟΞΕΣΤΗΣ
Transliteration A: odontoxéstēs Transliteration B: odontoxestēs Transliteration C: odontoksestis Beta Code: o)dontoce/sths

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, A instrument for cleaning the teeth, Poll.2.96.

German (Pape)

[Seite 293] ὁ, der Zahnglätter, ein Werkzeug der Aerzte, Poll. 2, 96.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὀδοντοξέστης: ὁ, ἐργαλεῖον ἰατρῶν πρὸς ξέσιν καὶ καθαρισμὸν τῶν ὀδόντων, Πολύδ. Β΄, 96, πρβλ. ὀδοντογλυφίς.

Greek Monolingual

ο (Α ὀδοντοξέστης)
εργαλείο που χρησιμοποιείται για τον καθαρισμό τών δοντιών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀδούς, ὀδόντος + -ξέστης (< ξέω «σκαλίζω, λειαίνω»), πρβλ. επι-ξέστης.