οδύνη

See also: ὀδύνη

Greek

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

οδύνη • (odýni) f (plural οδύνες)

Declension of οδύνη

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

^ οδύνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
^ 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