οὖδας,τό, gen.οὔδεος, dat.
A.
οὔδει
Il. 5.734
, al. (more rarely οὔδεϊ
23.283
, h.Merc. 284 ):—poet. Noun, prop.surface of the earth, ground,ἄσπετον οὖ. Od. 13.395 , al.;ὑπ' οὖ. under thesurface, 9.135 ;ὀδὰξ ἕλον οὖ. bitthe dust, of wounded or dying men, Il. 11.749 , 19.61 , Od. 22.269 ;οὔδει ἐρείσθηhe restedon the ground, Il. 12.192 ;ἀπ' οὔδεοςfromthe ground, ib. 448 , Od. 9.242 ;οὖδάσδε to the ground, to earth, Il. 17.457 , Od. 10.440 : also in Trag.,πρὸς οὖδας φορεῖσθαι, πεσεῖν, βεβλῆσθαι, S. El. 752 , E. Hec. 405 , IT 49 , etc.;χθονὸς οὖ. Emp. 115.10 ; πατρῷον οὖ. Ἀργείας χθονός
A. Ag. 503
.
2. floor, pavementin rooms and houses,κραταίπεδον οὖ. Od. 23.46 ;ἐν Διὸς οὔδειonthe floorof Zeus' abode, Il. 24.527 ; πατρὸς ἐπ' οὔδει
5.734
, 8.385 : prov.,ἐπ' οὔδεϊ φῶτα καθίσσαιto bring a manto the pavement, i.e. to strip him of all he has, h.Merc. 284 .