foot

Greek Noun Male

πούς, ποδός, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for רֶגֶל;] a foot, both of men and beasts: Mat.4:6 (LXX), Mrk.9:45, Luk.1:79, Jhn.11:44, Act.7:5, al; ὑπο τοὺς π, Rom.16:20, 1Co.15:25 15:27 Eph.1:22, Heb.2:8; ὑποκάτω τῶν π, Mat.22:44 (LXX); πρὸς (παρὰ) τοὺς π, Mrk.5:22, Luk.8:41, al; figuratively, Mat.15:30, Luk.10:39, Act.5:2, al; ἔμπροσθεν τῶν π, Rev.3:9 19:10, al; ἐπὶ τοὺς π, Act.10:25. By meton, of a person in motion (Psa.119:101): Luk.1:79, Act.5:9, Rom.3:15 10:15, Heb.12:13 (AS)

foot

Greek Noun Male

πούς, ὁ, ποδός, ποδί, πόδα (not ποῦν, Thom.Mag.p.257 R.): dative plural ποσί, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ποσσί (also [Refs 5th c.BC+] once πόδεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+] Epic dialect ποδοῖιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Doric dialect nominative πός (compare ἀρτίπος, πούλυπος, etc.) [Refs], but πούς [Refs]; πῶς· πός, ὑπὸ Δωριέων, [Refs 5th c.AD+] (perhaps πός· πούς, ὑ.Δ.); Laconian dialect πόρ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—foot, both of men and beasts, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in plural, also, a bird's talons, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; arms or feelers of a polypus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: properly the foot from the ankle down wards, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξύλινος π, of an artificial foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but also of the leg with the foot, as χείρ for the arm and hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) foot as that with which one runs, πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently with reference to swiftness, περιγιγνόμεθ᾽ ἄλλων πύξ τε. ἠδὲ πόδεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποσὶν ἐρίζειν to race on foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποδῶν τιμά, αἴγλα, ἀρετά, ὁρμά, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (ποσσί, πόδεσσι) is added to many Verbs denoting motion, π. βήσετο, παρέδραμον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also emphatically with Verbs denoting to trample or tread upon, πόσσι καταστείβοισι [Refs 7th c.BC+]; πόδα βαίνειν, see at {βαίνω} [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόδα τιθέναι to journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+] started on its homeward way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χειρῶν ἔκβαλλον ὀρείους πόδας ναός, i. e. oars, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φωνὴ τῶν π. τοῦ ὑετοῦ sound of the pattering of rain, [LXX] 3) as a point of measurement, ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from head to foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 4) πρόσθε ποδός or ποδῶν, προπάροιθε ποδῶν, just before one, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 4.b) παρά or πὰρ ποδός off-hand, at once, ἀνελέσθαι πὰρ ποδός [Refs 6th c.BC+]close at hand, [Refs]; but παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός sank to their feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+]in a moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; close behind, Νέμεσις δέ γε πὰρ πόδας (to be read πόδα) βαίνει Prov. cited in [Refs]; also παρὰ πόδας immediately afterwards [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ καὶ παρὰ πόδας at his very feet, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4.c) ἐν ποσί in one's way, close at hand, τὸν ἐν π. γινόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]everyday matters, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4.d) τὸ πρὸς ποσί, ={τὸ ἐν ποσί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4.e) all these phrases are opposed to ἐκ ποδῶν out of the way, far off, written ἐκποδών [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) to denote close pursuit, ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαι follow in the track, i.e. close behind, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 5.b) in earlier writers κατὰ πόδας on the heels of a person, [LXX+5th c.BC+]on the moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κατὰ πόδας ἡμέρα the very next day, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] catch it running, [Refs 5th c.BC+] march, come close at his heels, on his track, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ κατὰ π. ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἐκκλησίας on the day immediately after it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 6) various phrases: 6.a) ἀνὰ πόδα backwards, [Refs 5th c.AD+] 6.b) ἐπὶ πόδα backwards facing the enemy, ἐπὶ π. ἀναχωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, ἀναχάζεσθαι, to retire without turning to fly, leisurely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but γίνεται ἡ ἔξοδος οἷον ἐπὶ πόδας the offspring is as it were born feetforemost, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 6.c) περὶ πόδα, properly of a shoe, round the foot, i.e. fitting exactly, ὡς ἔστι μοι τὸ χρῆμα τοῦτο περὶ πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+] 6.d) ὡς ποδῶνἔχει as he is off for feet, i. e. as quick as he can, ὡς ποδῶν εἶχον [τάχιστα] ἐβοήθεον [Refs 5th c.BC+] 6.e) ἔξω τινὸς πόδα ἔχειν keep one's foot out of a thing, i. e. be clear of it, ἔξω κομίζων πηλοῦ πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+] 6.f) ἀμφοῖν ποδοῖν, etc, to denote energetic action, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τερπωλῆς ἐπέβημεν ὅλῳ ποδί with all the foot, i.e. entirely, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 6.g) τὴν ὑπὸ πόδα [κατάστασιν] just below them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὑπὸ πόδας τίθεσθαι trample under foot, scorn, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἱ ὑπὸ πόδα those next below them (in rank), [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὑπὸ πόδα χωρεῖν recede, decline, of strength, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] middle cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+] 6.h) for ὀρθῷ ποδί, see at {ὀρθός} [Refs] 6.k) ἁλιεῖς ἀπὸ ποδός probably fishermen who fish from the land, not from boats, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ποτίσαι ἀπὸ ποδός perhaps irrigate by the feet (of oxen turning the irrigation-wheel), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τόπον. ἀπὸ ποδὸς ἐξηρτισμένον uncertain meaning in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 1) ἀγγεῖον. τρήματα ἐκ τῶν ὑπὸ ποδὸς ἔχον round the bottom, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 7) πούς τινος, as periphrastic for a person as coming, etc, σὺν πατρὸς μολὼν ποδί, i.e. σὺν πατρί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐξ ἑνὸς ποδός, i.e. μόνος ὤν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἡσύχου π, i.e. οἱ ἡσύχως ζῶντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) metaphorically, of things, foot, lowest part, especially foot of a hill, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a table, couch, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare πέζ; of the side strokes at the foot of the letter Ω, Callias cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ={ποδεών}[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) in a ship, πόδες are the two lower corners of the sail, or the ropes fastened therelo, by which the sails are tightened or slackened, sheets [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλᾶν πόδα ease off the sheet, as is done when a squall is coming, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ ποδὸς παρίει let go hold of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκπετάσουσι πόδα ναός (with reference to the sail), [Refs 5th c.BC+] haul it tight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναῦς ἐνταθεῖσα ποδί a ship with her sheet close hauled, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2.b) perhaps of the rudder or steering-paddle, αἰεὶ γὰρ πόδα νηὸς ἐνώμων [Refs 8th c.BC+] III) a foot, as a measure of length, = [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) foot in Prosody, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of a metrical phrase or passage, ἔκμετρα καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸν π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a long passage declaimed in one breath, κήρυκες ὅταν τὸν καλούμενον πόδα μέλλωσιν ἐρεῖν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V) boundary stone, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin pes, Gothic fotus, etc. 'foot'; related to πέδον as noted by [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a "foot" (figuratively or literally); foot(-stool); a primary word