πηδός
ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her
English (LSJ)
ὁ, tree whose timber was used for axles, etc., Thphr.HP 5.7.6; perh.
A = πάδος (q. v.); cf. πήδινος. (Variously accented in codd.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πηδός: ὁ, ἡ, πηδόν, τό, τὸ πλατὺ μέρος τῆς κώπης, καὶ καθόλου κώπη, ὡς τὸ πλάτη, ἀναρρίπτειν ἅλα πηδῷ Ὀδ. Η. 328, Ν. 78. ΙΙ. ἐν τῷ πληθ. πηδά, ὡς τὸ πηδάλια, Ἄρατ. 155. (Ἴσως ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης καὶ τὸ πέζα, πούς, ποδός. Ἀλλ’ ὁ Schneider ἐνόμιζεν ὅτι τὸ πηδὸς ἦτο εἶδος ξύλου καὶ ἐδέξατο τὸ πηδὸς εἰς ἄξονας (ἀντὶ πύξος) ἔκ τινος Ἀντιγράφ. ἐν Θεοφρ. περὶ Φυτ. Ἱστ. 5. 7, 6· καὶ ἀρχαῖοι κριτικοὶ ἀνεγίνωσκον πήδινος ἀντὶ φήγινος ἐν Ἰλ. Ε. 838, ἴδε Εὐστ. 613. 9, Ἡσύχ. Ἐτυμολ. Μέγ. Ἀλλ’ ἂν τοῦτο τὸ πηδὸς ἦτο ταὐτὸν τῷ πάδος, ἡ, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 4. 1, 3, καὶ ἂν τοῦτο ἦτο τὸ εἶδος πεύκης τὸ καλούμενον ὑπὸ τῶν Γαλατῶν padus (Πλίν. 3. 10) εἶναι ὅλως ἀβέβαιον.
