πέζα

English (LSJ)

ης, ἡ, said to be Dor. and Arc. for πούς, Gal.19.129, cf. Ruf. ap. Orib.25.1.56 ;

   A τῶν ἄπο πέζαν ἐκτὸς ἔχων Androm. ap. Gal.14.37 ; but distd. from it as the instep by Poll.2.192 ; πρὸς πέζῃ ποδός Paus. 5.11.2, cf. AP12.176 (Strat.) ; οἱ πόδες οἰδίσκονται καὶ αἱ πέζαι μάλιστα Hp.Mul.2.169.    2 περίσφυροσπ., = πέδη1.2, AP6.211 (Leon.).    II metaph., bottom, end of a body, ἐπὶ ῥυμῷ πέζῃ ἔπι πρώτῃ on the pole at the far end, Il.24.272.    2 edge, border of a garment, A.R. 4.46, AP6.287 (Antip.), J.AJ3.7.4, Hld.3.3 ; of the sea, strand, bank, Ἐλευσῖνος παρὰ πέζαν Hermesian.7.17 ; of a country, coastline, π. ἠπείροιο A.R.4.1258, cf. D.P.61 ; εἰς ὁδοῦ π. στενήν Luc. Trag.238 ; of a mountain, D.P.535, App.Pun.103.    III round fishing-net, Opp. H.3.83.