fetter

From LSJ

Ξένος ὢν ἀπράγμων ἴσθι καὶ πράξεις καλῶς → Rerum abstine peregrinus et vives bene → Als Fremder sei friedliebend und es geht dir gut

Menander, Monostichoi, 399

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substantive

P. and V. πεδή, ἡ.

bonds: P. and V. δεσμός, ὁ, V. ψάλια, τά, ἀμφίβληστρα, τά, δεσμώματα, τά; see chain.

verb transitive

Ar. and P. συμποδίζειν, P. and V. πεδᾶν (Plato but rare P.), ποδίζειν (Xen. and Sophocles, Fragment); see bind.

Met., impede: P. and V. ἐμποδίζειν, ἐμποδὼν εἶναι (dat.).