πέδη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πέδᾱ (pédā) – Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pṓds, like πέδον (pédon) and πέζα (péza). The same semantics are found in Latin pedica (“shackle”), impediō (“to hinder”) and Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pé.dɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.de̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ði/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ði/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ði/

Noun

πέδη • (pédē) f (genitive πέδης); first declension

fetter, shackle
anklet, bangle
Synonym: περῐσφῠ́ρῐον (perisphúrion)
(figuratively) of the robe of Nessus or Agamemnon

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πέδη; τῆς πέδης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πέδη hē pédē	τὼ πέδᾱ tṑ pédā	αἱ πέδαι hai pédai
Genitive	τῆς πέδης tês pédēs	τοῖν πέδαιν toîn pédain	τῶν πεδῶν tôn pedôn
Dative	τῇ πέδῃ têi pédēi	τοῖν πέδαιν toîn pédain	ταῖς πέδαις taîs pédais
Accusative	τὴν πέδην tḕn pédēn	τὼ πέδᾱ tṑ pédā	τᾱ̀ς πέδᾱς tā̀s pédās
Vocative	πέδη pédē	πέδᾱ pédā	πέδαι pédai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἱπποπέδη (hippopédē)
ἱστοπέδη (histopédē)
πεδάω (pedáō)
πεδήτης (pedḗtēs)
πεδίσκη (pedískē)
πέδων (pédōn)

References

“πέδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πέδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πέδη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN