ὀδάξ

ὀδάξ, Adv.

• by biting with the teeth, ὀ. ἕλον οὖδας, of men in the agonies of death, Il. 11.749, etc.; so ὀ. λαζοίατο γαῖαν 2.418; γαῖαν ὀ. ἑλόντες E. Ph. 1423; also ὀ. ἐν χείλεσι φύντες biting the lips in smothered rage, Od. 1.381: so in Com., ἀποδάκνειν ὀ. Cratin. 164; διατρώξομαι ὀ. τὸ δίκτυον Ar. V. 164; ὀ. ἔχεσθαι ib. 943; λαβέσθαι Id. Pl. 690:— if κυνὸς ἄγριον ὀδάξ be correct in Diog.Cyn. ap. D.L. 6.79, ὀδάξ must be taken either as tooth or as bite.

ὀδάξ, (vgl. ὀδούς, δάκνω), adv., beißend, mit den Zähnen ; bes. ὀδὰξ ἕλον οὖδας, von den Sterbenden (vgl. ins Gras beißen), Il. 11.749 u. öfter, wie Eur. γαῖαν ὀδὰξ ἑλόντες, Phoen. 1432 ; πάντες ὀδὰξ ἐν χείλεσι φύντες, Od. 1.381, d.i. sie bissen fest mit den Zähnen in die Lippen, Ausdruck verhaltenes Ingrimms ; διατρώξομαι ὀδὰξ τὸ δίκτυον Ar. Vesp. 164, u. öfter, u. Sp.

ὀδάξ

[δακ-, δάκνω.]

With the teeth : ὀ. ἕλον οὖδας (bit the dust) Il. 11.749, Il. 19.61, Il. 24.738. Cf. Il. 2.418, Il. 22.17 : Od. 1.381= Od. 18.410= Od. 20.268, Od. 22.269.

ὀδάξ

• 1in its teeth τὰν δὲ (sc. ἵππον) πρυμνὸν κεφαλᾶς ὀδὰξ αὐχένα φέροισαν fr. 169. 32.

ὀδάξ (δάκνω): adv., with the teeth, biting; λάζεσθαι, ἑλεῖν, γαῖαν, οὖδας, ‘bite the dust,’ Il. 22.17; ὀδὰξ ἐν χείλεσι φύντο, ‘bit their lips,’ in vexation, Od. 1.381.

ὀδάξ

• by biting with the teeth, Lat. mordicus, Hom.; ὀδὰξ ἕλον οὖδας they bit the ground, of men in the agonies of death, Il.; so, γαῖαν ὀδὰξ ἑλόντες Eur.; ὀδὰξ ἐν χείλεσι φύντες biting the lips in smothered rage, Od.; διατρώξομαι ὀδὰξ τὸ δίκτυον Ar. From δακεῖν with ο prefixed.