πτέρνη
ὑπόσχεσιν τὸ πρᾶγμα γενναίαν ἔχει → the affair holds a noble promise
English (LSJ)
(Hp.Art.3, Epid.5.48, Phot.), later πτέρνᾰ (Lyc.500, LXX Ge.3.15, etc.), ἡ,
A heel, Il.22.397, Hp.Il.cc., Arist.HA494b7; under part of the heel, A.Ch.209 (pl.); heel-bone, Gal.2.776, al.: prov., εἴπερ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον . . μὴ ἐν ταῖς π. φορεῖτε D.7.45. 2 hoof, LXX Jd.5.22. 3 heel of a shoe, Herod.7.21, Phryn.PSp.69B. 4 footstep, LXX Ca.1.8. II metaph., foot or lower part of anything, πύργων Lyc.442; τῆς μηχανῆς Plb.8.6.2; of a mast, Asclep.Myrl. ap. Ath.11.474f (but, waist of a ship, Hero *Stereom.2.52). 2 butt-end of the ἀγκών of a torsion-engine, Ph.Bel.59.30,66.2; of a surgical machine, Orib.49.4.9,al. III ham (mock Epicism formed from Lat. perna), Batr.37; f.l. for πέρνα in Aët.15.15, Paul.Aeg.7.17.74 (πέρνα correctly in 4.32).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ion. c. πτέρνα.
English (Autenrieth)
heel, Il. 22.397†.