ὁδός

See also: οδός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hodós. Beekes states that the further etymology is not known. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sodós, from *sed- (“to sit”), in which case cognates would include Old Church Slavonic ходъ (xodŭ) and Sanskrit साद (sāda, “a sitting, riding, motion”). For the semantic development compare English set out from this root and road from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“ride, journey”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (“to ride”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὁδός • (hodós) f (genitive ὁδοῦ); second declension

  1. threshold
  2. road, path, way
    Synonym: οὔθα (oútha)
  3. journey, trip, expedition
  4. The way, means, or manner to some end, method

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: hodo-, odo-, -ode
  • → Greek: οδός (odós, “street, way”) (learned)

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