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