Liddell–Scott–Jones: οὐδός

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threshold

οὐδός(A), Dor.

ὠδός

Berl.Sitzb. 1927.170 (Cyrene), Hsch. ; Trag. and Att.

ὀδός

S. OC 57 , 1590 , IG 22.1668.33 , 7.412.7 (Orop.), Lycurg. 40 , Hyp. Dem.Fr. 6 , Men. 671 , BCH 35.286 (Delos); also at Samos, Michel 832.30 , and Epidaurus, IG 42(1).102.232 and 249 , also (later) at Branchidae, CIG 2885d9 : gen. pl.ὀδέων

IG 42(1).109

ii 105 , 150 (Epid.,iii B. C.):ὁ:—

A. threshold, esp.threshold of a house, in Hom.

χάλκεος οὐδός(as in Hes. Th. 811 ), Od. 7.83 , 89 ; also λάϊνος

Il. 9.404

, Od. 8.80 , Parm. 1.12 ; μέλινος

Od. 17.339

; δρύϊνος

21.43

; μέγας

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Hes. Th. 749

.

2. generally,threshold, entranceto any place, ἐπὶ προθύροις Ὀδυσῆος, οὐδοῦ ἐπ' αὐλείου

Od. 1.104

; to the nether world, Il. 8.15 ; χαλκόπους ὀδός

S. OC 57

, cf. 1590 : in pl., perh.lintel, Theoc. 23.50 (dub. l.,ὀόδωνcod.).

3. metaph.,ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷon thethresholdwhich is old age, i.e. perh., on thethresholdthat leads from life to death (soοὐδὸς βιότουtheendof life, Q.S. 10.426 ), Il. 22.60 , Od. 15.348 , Hes. Op. 331 , Hdt. 3.14 , cf. Pl. R. 328e ; ἐπὶ γήρως ὀδῷ

Lycurg.

, Hyp. , and Men. ll. cc.; μέχρι γήραος οὐδοῦ

Ps.-Phoc. 230

; γήραος οὐδὸν ἱκέσθαι

Od. 23.212

, cf. 15.246 .—Poet. word, used by Arist. Metaph. 1042b19 , Plu. TG 17 , and Luc. Dom. 18 , al., in the formοὐδός, which is Ion. , cf. Hp. Art. 78 , GDI 5601a (Ephesus), IG 11(2).158

A 69 (Delos,iii B. C.), and is used later as gloss on βηλός , AB 224 (soὀδόςin 225 and Hsch.

s.v. ὀρρόβηλος ). (The formsοὐδός ὠδός ὀδόςpoint toὈδϝός.)

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Hom.
Hes. Th. 811
Od. 7.83
89
Il. 9.404
Od. 8.80
Parm. 1.12
Od. 17.339
21.43
Hes. Th. 749
Od. 1.104
Il. 8.15
S. OC 57
1590
Theoc. 23.50
Q.S. 10.426
Il. 22.60
Od. 15.348
Hes. Op. 331
Hdt. 3.14
Pl. R. 328e
Lycurg.
Hyp.
Men.
Ps.-Phoc. 230
Od. 23.212
15.246
Arist. Metaph. 1042b19
Plu. TG 17
Luc. Dom. 18
Hp. Art. 78
GDI 5601a
IG 11(2).158
A 69
AB 224
225
Hsch.

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