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|Definition=τό, ([[πέδον]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[plain]], in Hom. mostly sg., Il.5.222, al. : in plural, 12.283, Hes.Op.388, etc.; ἐν πεδίῳ on a [[fertile]] [[plain]], opp. [[ἐν πέτραις]], Men.719.<br><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., of the [[sea]], [[δελφινοφόρος|δελφινοφόρον]] πεδίον πόντου A.Fr. 150; πόντου πεδίον Αἰγαῖον Ion Trag.60; πεδίον πλόϊμα Tim.Pers.89.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. with [[genitive]] or adj. of particular plains (mostly in sg.), πεδίον Αἰσώπου A.Ag.297; τὸ Τροίας πεδίον S.Ph.1435 (but τὰ Τ. πεδίον 1376); τὸ Θήβης πεδίον Id.OC1312; Καϋστρίων πεδίον Ar.Ach.68; τὸ Κιρραῖον πεδίον Aeschin.3.107; τὰ Θετταλικὰ πεδία Pl.Plt.264c; τὸ [[Ἄρειον πεδίον]] = Lat. [[Campus Martius]], D.H.7.59.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. the [[plain of Attica]], IG12.842C7, Hdt. 1.59, Th. 2.55, Is.5.22.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ἱππέας εἰς πεδίον προκαλεῖσθαι]] = calling [[cavalry]] into an open [[plain]], [[proverb|prov.]] of [[challenging]] persons to do that in which they [[excel]] (an open plain is just what cavalry desires), Pl.Tht.183d, cf. Men. 268.<br><span class="bld">II</span> part of the [[foot]] next the [[toe]]s, [[metatarsus]], Gal.UP3.5, al., Poll.2.197.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[pudenda muliebria]], Ar.Lys.88.