πέδον

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English (LSJ)

τό, (πούς)

   A ground, earth, first in h.Cer.455 (πέδονδε is used in Hom.) : freq. in later Poetry, Pi.O.10.46, P.1.28, etc. ; χθονὸς π. A.Pr.1 ; γῆς π. Ar.Nu.573 (lyr.) ; π. κελεύθου στρωννύναι A.Ag. 909.    2 of a particular site, esp. of sacred ground (poet. and used only in sg.), Ζηνὸς εὐθαλὲς π., of Nemea, B.8.5 ; Κρισαῖον π. S. El.730 ; Αλοξίου π. A.Ch. 1036 ; Παλλάδος κλεινὸν π., i.e. the Acropolis, Ar.Pl.772 ; ἁγνὸν ἐς Θήβης π. Eub. 10, cf. 66 ; πέδον c. gen. loci periphr. for the place itself, Εὐρώπης π. A.Pr.734 ; Λήμνου. S.Ph. 1464 (anap.), etc.    3 with a Prep., νεύειν ἐς π. Id.Ant.441 ; πρὸς πέδῳ βαλεῖν, κεῖσθαι, A.Fr.183, S.OT180 (lyr.).    4 πέδῳ on the ground, to earth, h. Cer. 455 ; πεσόντος αἵματος π. A.Ch.48 (lyr.), cf. Eu.263 (lyr.), 479, S.El.747 ; ῥίπτειν πέδῳ E.IA39 (anap.), cf. Or. 1433, 1440 (both lyr.) ; πέδῳ σκήψασα A.Pr.749 ; πέδοι shd. perh. be read for πέδῳ in Trag., as also for πέδον in the phrases πέδον πατεῖν, πέδον πατεῖσθαι, A.Ag. 1357, Ch.643 (lyr.).