πέδον: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=τό, (πούς) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ground, earth</b>, 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>

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