γνάθος
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Ancient Greek
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Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₂dʰ-os, from a root *ǵneh₂dʰ-, related to *ǵénu- (“jaw, cheek, chin”), despite (as Beekes objects) not yielding *γνᾱθος as may be expected. Cognate with Lithuanian žándas (“cheek”) and English chin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡná.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡna.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣna.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣna.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣna.θos/
Noun
γνᾰ́θος • (gnáthos) f (genitive γνᾰ́θου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ γνᾰ́θος hē gnáthos |
τὼ γνᾰ́θω tṑ gnáthō |
αἱ γνᾰ́θοι hai gnáthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γνᾰ́θου tês gnáthou |
τοῖν γνᾰ́θοιν toîn gnáthoin |
τῶν γνᾰ́θων tôn gnáthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γνᾰ́θῳ têi gnáthōi |
τοῖν γνᾰ́θοιν toîn gnáthoin |
ταῖς γνᾰ́θοις taîs gnáthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γνᾰ́θον tḕn gnáthon |
τὼ γνᾰ́θω tṑ gnáthō |
τᾱ̀ς γνᾰ́θους tā̀s gnáthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γνᾰ́θε gnáthe |
γνᾰ́θω gnáthō |
γνᾰ́θοι gnáthoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (jaw): γνάθμος (gnáthmos)
Derived terms
- πλᾰτύγνᾰθος (platúgnathos)
Descendants
- Greek: γνάθος (gnáthos)
- →⇒ English: gnatho- (learned)
- → Late Latin: ganathus (learned)
- →⇒ New Latin: eurygnathus
References
- “γνάθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γνάθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γνάθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γνάθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “γνάθος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- γνάθος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos).
Noun
γνάθος • (gnáthos) f (plural γνάθοι)
- jawbone (mandible or maxilla)
Declension
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| nominative | γνάθος (gnáthos) | γνάθοι (gnáthoi) |
| genitive | γνάθου (gnáthou) | γνάθων (gnáthon) |
| accusative | γνάθο (gnátho) | γνάθους (gnáthous) |
| vocative | γνάθε (gnáthe) | γνάθοι (gnáthoi) |
Synonyms
- σιαγόνα f (siagóna)
Related terms
- άνω γνάθος f (áno gnáthos, “maxilla, upper jaw”)
- κάτω γνάθος f (káto gnáthos, “mandible, lower jaw”)
Further reading
- γνάθος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language