πεζός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *peďďós, from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.zós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈzos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈzos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈzos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈzos/
Adjective
πεζός • (pezós) m (feminine πεζή, neuter πεζόν); first/second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)
- (poetic) on foot, walking
- (poetic) traveling on land, as opposed to by sea
- consisting of land troops
- consisting of infantry
- prosaic
- ordinary
Declension
First and second declension of πεζός; πεζή; πεζόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | πεζός pezós | πεζή pezḗ | πεζόν pezón | πεζώ pezṓ | πεζᾱ́ pezā́ | πεζώ pezṓ | πεζοί pezoí | πεζαί pezaí | πεζᾰ́ pezá | |||||
Genitive | πεζοῦ pezoû | πεζῆς pezês | πεζοῦ pezoû | πεζοῖν pezoîn | πεζαῖν pezaîn | πεζοῖν pezoîn | πεζῶν pezôn | πεζῶν pezôn | πεζῶν pezôn | |||||
Dative | πεζῷ pezôi | πεζῇ pezêi | πεζῷ pezôi | πεζοῖν pezoîn | πεζαῖν pezaîn | πεζοῖν pezoîn | πεζοῖς pezoîs | πεζαῖς pezaîs | πεζοῖς pezoîs | |||||
Accusative | πεζόν pezón | πεζήν pezḗn | πεζόν pezón | πεζώ pezṓ | πεζᾱ́ pezā́ | πεζώ pezṓ | πεζούς pezoús | πεζᾱ́ς pezā́s | πεζᾰ́ pezá | |||||
Vocative | πεζέ pezé | πεζή pezḗ | πεζόν pezón | πεζώ pezṓ | πεζᾱ́ pezā́ | πεζώ pezṓ | πεζοί pezoí | πεζαί pezaí | πεζᾰ́ pezá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πεζῶς pezôs | πεζώτερος pezṓteros | πεζώτᾰτος pezṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀργυρόπεζα (argurópeza)
- πεζοβατέω (pezobatéō)
- πεζοβόας (pezobóas)
- πεζοθηρικός (pezothērikós)
- πεζομαχέω (pezomakhéō)
- πεζομάχης (pezomákhēs)
- πεζομαχία (pezomakhía)
- πεζομάχος (pezomákhos)
- πεζονομικός (pezonomikós)
- πεζονόμος (pezonómos)
- πεζοπορέω (pezoporéō)
- πεζοπορία (pezoporía)
- πεζοπόρος (pezopóros)
Further reading
- “πεζός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πεζός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πεζός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πεζός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πεζός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Greek
Adjective
πεζός • (pezós) m (feminine πεζή, neuter πεζό)
- on foot
- prosaic, prose
- mundane
- (typography) lowercase
Declension
Declension of πεζός
number case \\ gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | πεζός • | πεζή • | πεζό • | πεζοί • | πεζές • | πεζά • |
genitive | πεζού • | πεζής • | πεζού • | πεζών • | πεζών • | πεζών • |
accusative | πεζό • | πεζή • | πεζό • | πεζούς • | πεζές • | πεζά • |
vocative | πεζέ • | πεζή • | πεζό • | πεζοί • | πεζές • | πεζά • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πεζός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πεζός, etc.) |
Derived terms
- πεζά γράμματα n pl (pezá grámmata, “small letters, lowercase”)
Noun
πεζός • (pezós) m (plural πεζοί)
- pedestrian
Declension
declension of πεζός
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | πεζός • | πεζοί • |
genitive | πεζού • | πεζών • |
accusative | πεζό • | πεζούς • |
vocative | πεζέ • | πεζοί • |