πέδον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (πούς) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ground]], [[earth]], first in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>455</span> (<b class="b3">πέδονδε</b> is used in Hom.) : freq. in later Poetry, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10.46</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>1.28</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">χθονὸς π</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1</span> ; <b class="b3">γῆς π</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>573</span> (lyr.) ; π. κελεύθου στρωννύναι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 909</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of a particular site, esp. of sacred ground (poet. and used only in sg.), <b class="b3">Ζηνὸς εὐθαλὲς π</b>., of Nemea, <span class="bibl">B.8.5</span> ; <b class="b3">Κρισαῖον π</b>. <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">El.</span>730</span> ; <b class="b3">Αλοξίου π</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 1036</span> ; <b class="b3">Παλλάδος κλεινὸν π</b>., i.e. the Acropolis, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>772</span> ; <b class="b3">ἁγνὸν ἐς Θήβης π</b>. <span class="bibl">Eub. 10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">66</span> ; <b class="b3">πέδον</b> c. gen. loci periphr. for the place itself, <b class="b3">Εὐρώπης π</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>734</span> ; <b class="b3">Λήμνου</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 1464</span> (anap.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> with a Prep., <b class="b3">νεύειν ἐς π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>441</span> ; <b class="b3">πρὸς πέδῳ βαλεῖν, κεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>183</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>180</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> πέδῳ <b class="b2">on the ground, to earth, h. Cer</b>. <span class="bibl">455</span> ; <b class="b3">πεσόντος αἵματος π</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>48</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>263</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">479</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>747</span> ; ῥίπτειν πέδῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>39</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span> 1433</span>, <span class="bibl">1440</span> (both lyr.) ; πέδῳ σκήψασα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>749</span> ; <b class="b3">πέδοι</b> shd. perh. be read for <b class="b3">πέδῳ</b> in Trag., as also for <b class="b3">πέδον</b> in the phrases <b class="b3">πέδον πατεῖν, πέδον πατεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 1357</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>643</span> (lyr.).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[soil]], [[earth]], [[ground]] (Ν 796 <b class="b3">πέδον-δε</b>).<br />Compounds: As 2. member in <b class="b3">δά-πεδον</b>, <b class="b3">κράσ-πεδον</b> a.o.; s. vv. and Risch IF 59, 14 f. Adject. hypostasis <b class="b3">ἔμ-πεδος</b> [[standing on the ground]], [[firm]] (ep. poet., late prose) with <b class="b3">ἐμπεδ-όω</b> [[to confirm]], [[to consider inviolable]] (Att. etc.); bahuvrihi w. <b class="b3">α</b> copul. <b class="b3">ἄ-πεδος</b> [[flat]] (Hdt., Th., X.); as 1. member a.o. in <b class="b3">πεδο-βάμων</b> [[walking the earth]] (A.). Adverbs <b class="b3">πεδ-όσε</b>, <b class="b3">-όθεν</b>, <b class="b3">-οι</b> (ep. poet.).<br />Derivatives: Besides with <b class="b3">ιο-</b>suffix <b class="b3">πεδίον</b> n. [[plain]], [[plane]], [[field]] (Il.) with many derivv.: 1. <b class="b3">πεδι-άς</b>, <b class="b3">-άδος</b> f. <b class="b2">flat, level, on the plain</b> (Pi., IA.); 2. <b class="b3">πεδι-εινός</b>, also <b class="b3">πεδ-εινός</b>, <b class="b3">-ϊνός</b>, [[flat]], [[level]] (IA.; after <b class="b3">αἰπεινός</b>, resp. <b class="b3">πυκινός</b> a.o.); 3. <b class="b3">πεδι-ακός</b> [[belonging to the plain]], pl. [[inhabitant of the plain country of Attica]] (Lys. Fr. 238 S., Arist., pap.); 4. <b class="b3">πεδι-εῖς</b> m. pl. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Plu., D. L., Bosshardt 74); 5. <b class="b3">πεδι-άσιος</b> [[on the plain]] (Str., Dsc.; prob. after <b class="b3">Φλειάσιος</b> a.o.); 6. <b class="b3">πεδι-ασι-μαῖος</b> = [[campester]] (gloss.); 7. <b class="b3">πεδι-ώδης</b> [[flat]] (sch.); 8. <b class="b3">Πεδι-ώ</b> f. [[goddess of the plain]] (Hera; Sicily. -- Cypr. <b class="b3">πεδίϳα</b> f. [[plain]] (cf. Bechtel Dial. 1, 423); after <b class="b3">χώρα</b>, <b class="b3">γῆ</b>?<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [790] <b class="b2">*ped-</b> [[foot]]<br />Etymology: Old inherited word, identical with Hitt. [[pedan]] [[place]], [[position]], Umbr. <b class="b2">peřum</b> [[bottom]], as well as with Arm. [[het]], <b class="b2">-oy</b> [[track]], OWNo. [[fet]] n. [[pace]], Skt. <b class="b2">padá-</b> n. [[pace]], [[step]], [[footstep]], Av. <b class="b2">pađa-</b> n. [[trace]]: IE <b class="b2">*pedo-m</b> n. Orig. meaning [[trace]], [[bottom]], from the word for [[foot]], s. [[πούς]] w. lit.