οδύνη

See also: ὀδύνη

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē).^[1] Stem ὀδ- related to the ancient ἔδω (édō, “eat, devour”), as the pain "devours" us.^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈði.ni/
• Hyphenation: ο‧δύ‧νη

Noun

οδύνη • (odýni) f (plural οδύνες)

1. literally: extreme pain of the soul; sorrow, grief, anguish, unhappiness

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	οδύνη (odýni)	οδύνες (odýnes)
genitive	οδύνης (odýnis)	οδύνων (odýnon)
accusative	οδύνη (odýni)	οδύνες (odýnes)
vocative	οδύνη (odýni)	οδύνες (odýnes)

Synonyms

• λύπη f (lýpi, “sorrow”)

Derived terms

• ψυχική οδύνη f (psychikí odýni) (law)

Related terms

• οδυνηρά (odynirá, “painfully”)
• οδυνηρός (odynirós, “painful”)
• οδύρομαι (odýromai)
• -ώδυνος (-ódynos, combining form for painful) like
  ανώδυνος (anódynos, “painless”)
  επώδυνος (epódynos, “painful”)

References

1. οδύνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
2. οδύνη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre