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|Definition=τό, (πέδον) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[plain]], in Hom. mostly sg., <span class="bibl">Il.5.222</span>, al. : in plural, <span class="bibl">12.283</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>388</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν πεδίῳ</b> on [[a fertile plain]], opp. <b class="b3">ἐν πέτραις</b>, <span class="bibl">Men.719</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., of the sea, δελφινοφόρον πεδίον πόντου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 150</span>; <b class="b3">πόντου π. Αἰγαῖον</b> Ion Trag.<span class="bibl">60</span>; π. πλόϊμα <span class="bibl">Tim.<span class="title">Pers.</span>89</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> freq. with gen. or adj. of particular plains (mostly in sg.), πεδίον Αἰσώπου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>297</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ Τροίας π</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1435</span> (but <b class="b3">τὰ Τ. π</b>. <span class="bibl">1376</span>); <b class="b3">τὸ Θήβης π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1312</span>; <b class="b3">Καϋστρίων π</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>68</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ Κιρραῖον π</b>. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.107</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ Θετταλικὰ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>264c</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ Ἄρειον π</b>., = Lat. <span class="title">Campus</span> Martius, <span class="bibl">D.H.7.59</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> esp. [[the plain of Attica]], IG12.842<span class="hiitalic">C</span>7, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.59</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 2.55</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.5.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἱππέας εἰς π. προκαλεῖσθαι</b>, [[proverb|prov.]] of challenging persons to do that in which they excel, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>183d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men. 268</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">part of the foot next the toes, metatarsus</b>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>3.5</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Poll.2.197</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[pudenda muliebria]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>88</span>.</span>