ὀδάξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[by biting with the teeth]], [[ὀδὰξ ἕλον οὖδας]], [[they bit the dust]], of men in the agonies of death, <span class="bibl">Il.11.749</span>, etc. ; so ὀδάξ λαζοίατο γαῖαν <span class="bibl">2.418</span> ; γαῖαν ὀδάξ ἑλόντες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1423</span> ; also [[ὀδάξ ἐν χείλεσι φύντες]] = [[biting the lips in smothered rage]], <span class="bibl">Od.1.381</span> : so in Com., ἀποδάκνειν ὀδάξ <span class="bibl">Cratin.164</span> ; διατρώξομαι ὀδάξ τὸ δίκτυον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>164</span> ; [[ὀδάξ ἔχεσθαι]] ib.<span class="bibl">943</span> ; λαβέσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span>690</span>:— if [[κυνὸς ἄγριον ὀδάξ]] be correct in Diog.Cyn. ap. <span class="bibl">D.L.6.79</span>, [[ὀδάξ]] must be taken either as [[tooth]] or as [[bite]].</span>