ποδεών

English (LSJ)

ῶνος, ὁ, (πούς) in pl.,

   A ragged ends in the skins of animals, where the feet and tail have been, ἄκρων δέρμα λέοντος ἀφηυμένον ἐκ ποδεώνων a lion's skin hung round one's neck by the paws, Theoc.22.52.    II sg., neck or mouth of a wineskin, which was formed by one of these ends, the others being sewn up, Hdt.2.121.δ; neck of a skin bag, Hp.Aff. 21, prob. in Art.77(pl.); ἀσκοῦ τὸν προὔχοντα ποδάονα (Dor. form), of the membrum virile, Orac. ap. Apollod.3.15.6.    2 neck of the bladder, Poll.2.196, Phot.    3 generally, of any narrow end, π. στεινός a narrow strip of land, Hdt.8.31.    4 lower end or corner of a sail, sheet, which in old times was a strip of hide (cf. πούς 11.2), Chrest.Oxy.1241 v 1 (ii A.D.), Luc.VH2.45.    5 in pl., of a kind of shoe, Lyd.Mag.1.12 (πεδ- codd.); so perh. AP6.95 (Antiphil.).