Ancient Greek

Noun

γνᾰ́θος • ‎(gnáthos) f ‎(genitive γνᾰ́θου); second declension

1. jaw
   1. narrow strait
2. point, edge
3. type of stone

Declension

Synonyms

• (jaw): γνάθμος ‎(gnáthmos)

Derived terms

• πλᾰτύγνᾰθος ‎(platúgnathos)

Descendants

• Greek: γνάθος ‎(gnáthos)
• 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 (© 2006–2016)
• 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.
  • channel idem, page 124.
  • cheek idem, page 128.
  • edge idem, page 261.
  • fang idem, page 306.
  • jaw idem, page 462.
  • maw idem, page 518.
  • strait idem, page 822.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνάθος ‎(gnáthos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnH₂dʰ-, *ǵnH₂dʰos, from *ǵénu- ‎(“jaw, cheek, chin”).

Noun

γνάθος • ‎(gnáthos) f ‎(plural γνάθοι)

1. (anatomy) jawbone (mandible or maxilla)

Declension

Synonyms

• σιαγόνα f ‎(siagóna)

Related terms

• άνω γνάθος f ‎(áno gnáthos, “maxilla, upper jaw”)
• κάτω γνάθος f ‎(káto gnáthos, “mandible, lower jaw”)