οὖδας
oudas
surface of the earth, ground
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
οὖδας, τό, gen. οὔδεος, dat. οὔδει Il. 5.734, al. (more rarely οὔδεϊ 23.283, h.Merc. 284):—A. poet. Noun, prop. surface of the earth, ground, ἄσπετον οὖ. Od. 13.395, al.; ὑπʼ οὖ. under the surface, 9.135; ὀδὰξ ἕλον οὖ. bit the dust, of wounded or dying men, Il. 11.749, 19.61, Od. 22.269; οὔδει ἐρείσθη he rested on the ground, Il. 12.192; ἀπʼ οὔδεος from the 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, El. 752, Hec. 405, IT 49, etc.; χθονὸς οὖ. 115.10; πατρῷον οὖ. Ἀργείας χθονός Ag. 503. 2. floor, pavement in rooms and houses, κραταίπεδον οὖ. Od. 23.46; ἐν Διὸς οὔδει on the floor of Zeus’ abode, Il. 24.527; πατρὸς ἐπʼ οὔδει 5.734, 8.385: prov., ἐπʼ οὔδεϊ φῶτα καθίσσαι to bring a man to the pavement, i.e. to strip him of all he has, h.Merc. 284.
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