fetter

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. πεδή, ἡ.

bonds: P. and V. δεσμός, ὁ, V. ψάλια, τά, ἀμφίβληστρα, τά, δεσμώματα, τά; see chain.

verb transitive

Ar. and P. συμποδίζειν, P. and V. πεδᾶν (Plato but rare P.), ποδίζειν (Xen. and Sophocles, Fragment); see bind.

Met., impede: P. and V. ἐμποδίζειν, ἐμποδὼν εἶναι (dat.).