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πούς,ὁ , ποδός, ποδί, πόδα(notποῦν,Thom.Mag. p.257 R.): dat.pl.ποσί,
Ep. and Lyr.ποσσί(also Cratin. 100 (lyr.)),πόδεσσι,once
A.
πόδεσι
S. Fr. 240
(lyr.): gen.and dat. dualποδοῖν,
Ep.
ποδοῖιν
Il. 18.537
:— Dor. nom.πός(cf.ἀρτίπος, πούλυπος,etc.) Lyr.Adesp. 72 , butπούς
Tab.Heracl. 2.34 (perh. Hellenistic);πῶς: πός, ὑπὸ Δωριέων,
Hsch. (fort.πός: πούς, Ὑ.δ.); Lacon.
πόρ, Id. (on the accentv.Hdn.Gr. 2.921 , A.D. Adv. 134.24 ):—foot,both of men and beasts, Il. 7.212 , 8.339 (both pl.), etc.; in pl., also, a bird'stalons,
Od. 15.526 ;armsorfeelersof a polypus, Hes. Op. 524 : properlythe foot from the ankledown wards, Il. 17.386 ; ταρσὸς ποδός
Close Browse lexicon entries , 388 ;ξύλινος π.,of an artificialfoot,
Hdt. 9.37 : but also ofthe leg with the foot,asχείρfor the arm and hand, Il. 23.772 , Od. 4.149 , Luc. Alex. 59 .
2. footas that with which one runs, πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς
, al.; or walks, τῷ δ' ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγας πελεμίζετ' Ὄλυμπος
; freq. with reference to swiftness, περιγιγνόμεθ' ἄλλων πύξ τε . . ἠδὲ πόδεσσιν
;ποσὶν ἐρίζεινto raceon foot,
Il. 13.325 , cf. 23.792 ; πόδεσσι πάντας ἐνίκα
, cf. Od. 13.261 ; ἀέθλια ποσσὶν ἄροντο
, etc.;ποδῶν τιμά, αἴγλα, ἀρετά, ὁρμά,
Pi. O. 12.15 , 13.36 , P. 10.23 , B. 9.20 ; ἅμιλλαν ἐπόνει ποδοῖν
(lyr.): the dat.ποσί(ποσσί, πόδεσσι) is added to many Verbs denoting motion,π. βήσετο, παρέδραμον,
Il. 8.389 , 23.636 ;π. θέειν, πηδᾶν, σκαίρειν, πλίσσεσθαι,ib. 622 , 21.269 , 18.572 , Od. 6.318 ; ὀρχεῖσθαι
; πάρος ποσὶν οὖδας ἱκέσθαι
; νέρθε δὲ ποσσὶν ἤϊε μακρὰ βιβάς
; also emphatically with Verbs denotingto trampleortread upon,
A. 11.4 ;πόδα τιθέναιto journey, Ar. Th. 1100 : metaph.,νόστιμον ναῦς ἐκίνησεν πόδαstarted on its homeward way, E. Hec. 940 (lyr.);νεῶν λῦσαι ποθοῦσιν οἴκαδ' . . πόδαib. 1020 ;χειρῶν ἔκβαλλον ὀρείους πόδας ναός,i. e. oars, Tim. Pers. 102 ;φωνὴ τῶν π. τοῦ ὑετοῦsound of thepatteringof rain, LXX 3 Ki. 18.41 .
3. as a point of measurement,ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆςfrom head tofoot,
Il. 18.353 ; ἐκ κεφαλῆς ἐς πόδας ἄκρους
; and reversely, ἐκ ποδῶν δ' ἄνω . . εἰς ἄκρον κάρα
; ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν ἐς τὴν κεφαλήν σοι
; also ἐκ τριχὸς ἄχρι ποδῶν
( Posidipp. or Asclep. );ἐς κορυφὰν ἐκ ποδόςib. 7.388 (Bianor).
4. πρόσθε ποδόςorποδῶν, προπάροιθε ποδῶν, justbefore one, Il. 23.877 , 21.601 , 13.205 ; τὸ πρὸ ποδὸς . . χρῆμα
; αὐτὰ τὰ πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὁρᾶν
, cf. An. 4.6.12 , Pl. R. 432d .
b. παράorπὰρ ποδός off-hand, at once,
, cf. 10.62 ; πὰρ ποδί close at hand,
; butπαραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμόςsank to theirfeet,
Il. 15.280 ; παρὰ πόδα in a moment,
(lyr.), Pl. Sph. 242a ;close behind, Νέμεσις δέ γε πὰρ πόδας(leg.πόδα)βαίνειProv. ap. Suid. ; also παρὰ πόδας immediately afterwards
, 5.26.13 , Gal. 5.272 ; παρὰ π. οἱ ἔλεγχοι
J. ; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ καὶ παρὰ πόδας at his very feet,
;περὶ τῶν παρὰ πόδας καὶ τῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖςib.c; τὸ πλησίον καὶ παρὰ π.
c. ἐν ποσί in one's way, close at hand,
, cf. Pi. P. 8.32 ; τἀν ποσὶν κακά
, cf. E. Andr. 397 ; τοὐν ποσὶν κακόν
; τὴν ἐν ποσὶ [κώμην] αἱρεῖν
; τὰ ἐν ποσὶν ἀγνοεῖν everyday matters,
, cf. Arist. Pol. 1263a18 , etc.
= τὸ ἐν ποσί , S. OT 130 .
e. all these phrases are opp.ἐκ ποδῶν out of the way, far off,written ἐκποδών
, etc.; also, βίαια πάντ' ἐκ ποδὸς ἐρύσαις
5. to denote close pursuit,ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαιfollowin the track,i.e.close behind,
Plb. 3.68.1 , cf. D.S. 20.57 , D.H. 2.33 , etc.; ἐκ ποδῶν διώξαντες
b. in earlier writersκατὰ πόδας on the heelsof a person, Hdt. 5.98 , Th. 3.98 , 8.17 , X. HG 2.1.20 , LXX Ge. 49.19 (also κατὰ πόδα ὑπολαβεῖν on the moment,
);ἡ κατὰ πόδας ἡμέραthevery nextday, Plb. 1.12.1 (butκατὰ πόδας αἱρεῖνcatch itrunning,
X. Cyr. 1.6.40 , cf. Mem. 2.6.9 ): c. gen. pers.,κατὰ πόδας τινὸς ἐλαύνειν, ἰέναι,march, come closeat his heels, on his track,
Hdt. 9.89 , Th. 5.64 ;τῇ κατὰ π. ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἐκκλησίαςon the dayimmediately afterit, Plb. 3.45.5 ; κατὰ π. τῆς μάχης
b. ἐπὶ πόδα backwards facing the enemy, ἐπὶ π. ἀναχωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, ἀναχάζεσθαι,to retirewithout turning to fly, leisurely,
X. An. 5.2.32 , Cyr. 3.3.69 , 7.1.34 , etc.; also ἐπὶ πόδας
; butγίνεται ἡ ἔξοδος οἷον ἐπὶ πόδαςthe offspring is as it were bornfeetforemost,
c. περὶ πόδα,properly of a shoe,round the foot,i.e.fitting exactly,
ὡς ἔστι μοι τὸ χρῆμα τοῦτο περὶ πόδα
, cf. 129 : c. dat., ὁρᾷς ὡς ἐμμελὴς ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ περὶ πόδα τῇ ἱστορίᾳ
, cf. Ind. 10 , Pseudol. 23 .
d. ὡς ποδῶνἔχειas he is offfor feet,i. e. as quick as he can, ὡς ποδῶν εἶχον [τάχιστα] ἐβοήθεον
; ἐδίωκον ὡς ποδῶν ἕκαστος εἶχον
; φευκτέον ὡς ἔχει ποδῶν ἕκαστος
; so, σοῦσθε . . ὅπως ποδῶν <ἔχετε>
e. ἔξω τινὸς πόδα ἔχεινkeep one'sfootout of a thing, i. e. be clear of it, ἔξω κομίζων πηλοῦ πόδα
: without a gen.,ἐκτὸς ἔχειν πόδα
Pi. P. 4.289 : opp. εἰς ἄντλον ἐμβήσῃ πόδα
; ἐν τούτῳ πεδίλῳ . . πόδ' ἔχων
f. ἀμφοῖν ποδοῖν,etc., to denote energetic action, Ar. Av. 35 , cf. Il. 13.78 ; συνέχευε ποσὶν καὶ χερσὶν
; χερσίν τε ποσίν τε καὶ σθένει
; τιμωρήσειν χειρὶ καὶ ποδὶ καὶ πάσῃ δυνάμει
, cf. 3.109 ;τερπωλῆς ἐπέβημεν ὅλῳ ποδίwith all thefoot,i.e.entirely,
A.R. 4.1166 , cf. D.Chr. 13.19 (prob.); καταφεύγειν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ὥσπερ ἐκ δυοῖν ποδοῖν
; opp. οὐκ ἂν προβαίην τὸν πόδα τὸν ἕτερον
; οὐκ ἂν ἔφασκεν ἐξελθεῖν οὐδὲ τὸν ἕτερον πόδα
g. τὴν ὑπὸ πόδα [κατάστασιν]just below them,
Plb. 2.68.9 ;ὑπὸ πόδας τίθεσθαιtrample underfoot,scorn, Plu. 2.1097c ;οἱ ὑπὸ πόδαthosenext below them(in rank), Onos. 25.2 ;ὑπὸ πόδα χωρεῖν recede, decline,of strength, Ath.
k. ἁλιεῖς ἀπὸ ποδόςprob. fishermen who fishfrom the land,not from boats, BGU 221.5 ( i1
/iii A. D.);ποτίσαι ἀπὸ ποδόςperh. irrigateby the feet(of oxen turning the irrigation-wheel), PRyl. 157.21
(ii A. D.);τόπον . . ἀπὸ ποδὸς ἐξηρτισμένονdub. sens. in POsl. 55.11
ἀγγεῖον . . τρήματα ἐκ τῶν ὑπὸ ποδὸς ἔχον round the bottom,
7. πούς τινος,as periphr. for a personas coming,etc.,σὺν πατρὸς μολὼν ποδί,i.e.σὺν πατρί,
E. Hipp. 661 ; παρθένου δέχου πόδα
, cf. Hec. 977 , HF 336 ; χρόνου πόδα
(lyr.), Ar. Ra. 100 ; alsoἐξ ἑνὸς ποδός,i.e.μόνος ὤν,
S. Ph. 91 ;οἱ δ' ἀφ' ἡσύχου π.,i.e.οἱ ἡσύχως ζῶντες,
II. metaph., of things,foot, lowest part,esp.foot of a hill,
Il. 2.824 , 20.59 (pl.), Pi. P. 11.36 , etc.; of a table, couch, etc., Ar. Fr. 530 , X. Cyr. 8.8.16 , etc.; cf.πέζα;of the side strokes at the foot of the letterΩ,Callias ap. Ath. 10.454a ; = ποδεών
11.1 , ἀσκοῦ . . λῦσαι π.
2. in a ship,πόδεςarethe two lower corners of the sail,orthe ropes fastened therelo,by which the sails are tightened or slackened,sheets(cf. ποδεών11.4), Od. 5.260 ;χαλᾶν πόδαease offthe sheet,as is done when a squall is coming, E. Or. 707 ;τοῦ ποδὸς παρίειlet go holdof it,
Ar. Eq. 436 ; ἐκδοῦναι ὀλίγον τοῦ ποδός
;ἐκπετάσουσι πόδα ναός(with reference to the sail), E. IT 1135 (lyr.): opp.τεῖναι πόδαhaulittight, S. Ant. 715 ;ναῦς ἐνταθεῖσα ποδίa ship with hersheetclose hauled, E. Or. 706 ; κὰδ' δ' . . λαῖφος ἐρυσσάμενοι τανύοντο ἐς πόδας ἀμφοτέρους
; ἱστία . . ἐτάνυσσαν ὑπ' ἀμφοτέροισι πόδεσσι
b. perh. of therudderorsteering-paddle,
αἰεὶ γὰρ πόδα νηὸς ἐνώμων
(cf. Sch.ad loc.); πὰρ ποδὶ ναός
III. a foot,as a measure of length,=
4 palms (παλασταί) or 6 fingers, Hdt. 2.149 , Pl. Men. 82c , etc.
IV. footin Prosody, Ar. Ra. 1323 (lyr.), Pl. R. 400a , Aristox. Harm. p.34 M., Heph. 3.1 , etc.; so of a metricalphraseorpassage,
; of a long passage declaimed in one breath, κήρυκες ὅταν τὸν καλούμενον πόδα μέλλωσιν ἐρεῖν
, cf. Luc. Demon. 65 , Poll. 4.91 .
Is. Fr. 27 . (Cf. Lat.pes,Goth.fotus,etc. 'foot'; related toπέδονas noted by Arist. IA 706a33 .)
References S. Fr. 240 Il. 18.537 Lyr.Adesp. 72 Tab.Heracl. 2.34 Hsch. 2.921 A.D. Adv. 134.24 Il. 7.212 8.339 Od. 15.526 Hes. Op. 524 Il. 17.386 11.377 388 Hdt. 9.37 Il. 23.772 Od. 4.149 Luc. Alex. 59 Il. 1.215 8.443 Od. 8.103 Il. 13.325 23.792 20.410 Od. 13.261 Il. 9.124 Pi. O. 12.15 13.36 P. 10.23 B. 9.20 E. IA 213 Il. 8.389 23.636 622 21.269 18.572 Od. 6.318 Hes. Th. 3 Od. 6.39 8.376 Sapph. 94 S. El. 456 A. 11.4 Ar. Th. 1100 E. Hec. 940 1020 Tim. Pers. 102 Il. 18.353 16.640 A. Fr. 169 Ar. Pl. 650 AP 5.193 Posidipp. Asclep. 7.388 Il. 23.877 21.601 13.205 Pi. I. 8(7).13 X. Lac. 3.4 An. 4.6.12 Pl. R. 432d Thgn. 282 Pi. P. 3.60 10.62 Id. O. 1.74 Il. 15.280 S. Ph. 838 Pl. Sph. 242a Suid. Plb. 1.35.3 5.26.13 Gal. 5.272 Luc. Hist. Conscr. 13 Aristid. 2.115 J. Pl. Tht. 174a Luc. Cal. 1 Hdt. 3.79 Pi. P. 8.32 S. Ant. 1327 E. Andr. 397 Id. Alc. 739 Th. 3.97 Pl. Tht. 175b Arist. Pol. 1263a18 S. OT 130 Hdt. 6.35 Pi. N. 7.67 Plb. 3.68.1 D.S. 20.57 D.H. 2.33 Plu. Pel. 11 Hdt. 5.98 Th. 3.98 8.17 X. HG 2.1.20 LXX Ge. 49.19 Pl. Sph. 243d Plb. 1.12.1 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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