πέδη,ἡ, (πέζα)
A. fetter: in pl.,shackles,ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶ πέδας ἔβαλε χρυσείας, of horses, Il. 13.36 ; of men, τοῖς ἀδίκοις ἀμφιτίθησι πέδας
Sol. 4.34
, cf. Thgn. 539 , A. Pr. 6 , Men. Her. 3 , Herod. 3.95 ;πεδέων ζεῦγοςpairof fetters, Hdt. 7.35 ;ἐν πέδαις( v.l. ἐς πέδας )δῆσαί τιναput one infetters, Id. 5.77 ;αἱ πέδαι, ἐν τῇσι ἐδεδέατοibid. ;ἐν πέδαις δῆσαι, φυλάττειν, etc., Pl. Lg. 882b , Plu. 2.181b , etc. : metaph.,πέδαις ἀχαλκεύτοισι, of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, A. Ch. 493 ;πέδας χειροῖν καὶ ποδοῖνib. 982 : in sg., of the poisoned robe of Nessus, S. Tr. 1057 ;π. Ἑλληνικαί, of the fortresses of Chalcis, Corinth, and Demetrias, Plb. 18.11.5 , etc.
2. anklet, bangle, Ar. Fr. 320.11 , Philem. 81 , Luc. Lex. 9 .
3. of fishing-nets, E. Fr. 670.5 .
II. mode of breaking in a horse by riding him in a figure-of-eight course(cf.ἱπποπέδη), X. Eq. 3.5 , 7.13 ;π. ἑτερομήκης, κυκλοτερής, ib. 14 .