πούς

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀡 (po) (dat. 𐀡𐀆 (po-de /⁠podei⁠/)), Latin pēs, Sanskrit पद् (pad), Old Armenian ոտն (otn) and հետ (het), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus) and Old English fōt (English foot).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πούς (poúsm (genitive ποδός); third declension

  1. foot
  2. leg
  3. (unit of measure) Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek and Byzantine unit of length originally based upon the length of a shod foot

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Byzantine Greek: πόδιν (pódin) (from diminutive πόδιον)
  • English: -pod, pous

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πούς, ποδός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1227-8

Further reading

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