σφηνόπους

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Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?

Sophocles, Antigone, 464-5
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Transliteration A: sphēnópous Transliteration B: sphēnopous Transliteration C: sfinopous Beta Code: sfhno/pous

English (LSJ)

πουν, gen. ποδος,

   A with wedge-shaped legs, of a bier, κλίνη IG12(5).593 A 6 (Ceos, V B.C.). [The spelling with -η- shows that σφήν has Att.-Ion. η from ᾱ: cf. σφάνιον.]

Greek Monolingual

-ουν, Α
αυτός που έχει πόδια που μοιάζουν με σφήνα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σφήν, -ηνός «σφήνα» + πους «πόδι»].