A). πόδεσι S. Fr. 240 (lyr.): gen.and dat. dual ποδοῖν, Ep. ποδοῖιν Il. 18.537 :— Dor. nom. πός (cf. ἀρτίπος, πούλυπος, etc.) Lyr.Adesp. 72 , but πούς Tab.Heracl. 2.34 (perh. Hellenistic); πῶς· πός, ὑπὸ Δωριέων, Hsch. (fort. πός· πούς, ὑ.Δ.); Lacon. πόρ, Id. (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 2.921 , A.D. Adv. 134.24 ):—foot, both of men and beasts, Il. 7.212 , 8.339 (both pl.), etc.; in pl., also, a bird's talons, Od. 15.526 ; arms or feelers of a polypus, Hes. Op. 524 : properly the foot from the ankle down wards, Il. 17.386 ; ταρσὸς ποδός 11.377 , 388 ; ξύλινος π., of an artificial foot, Hdt. 9.37 : but also of the leg with the foot, as χείρ for the arm and hand, Il. 23.772 , Od. 4.149 , Luc. Alex. 59 .

2). foot as that with which one runs, πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς Il. 1.215 , al.; or walks, τῷ δ’ ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγας πελεμίζετ’ Ὄλυμπος 8.443 ; freq. with reference to swiftness, περιγιγνόμεθ’ ἄλλων πύξ τε .. ἠδὲ πόδεσσιν Od. 8.103 ; ποσὶν ἐρίζειν to race on foot, Il. 13.325 , cf. 23.792 ; πόδεσσι πάντας ἐνίκα 20.410 , cf. Od. 13.261 ; ἀέθλια ποσσὶν ἄροντο Il. 9.124 , etc.; ποδῶν τιμά, αἴγλα, ἀρετά, ὁρμά, Pi. O. 12.15 , 13.36 , P. 10.23 , B. 9.20 ; ἅμιλλαν ἐπόνει ποδοῖν E. IA 213 (lyr.): the dat. ποσί (ποσσί, πόδεσσι) is added to many Verbs denoting motion, π. βήσετο, παρέδραμον, Il. 8.389 , 23.636 ; π. θέειν, πηδᾶν, σκαίρειν, πλίσσεσθαι, ib. 622 , 21.269 , 18.572 , Od. 6.318 ; ὀρχεῖσθαι Hes. Th. 3 ; ἔρχεσθαι Od. 6.39 ; πάρος ποσὶν οὖδας ἱκέσθαι 8.376 ; νέρθε δὲ ποσσὶν ἤϊε μακρὰ βιβάς Il. 7.212 ; also emphatically with Verbs denoting to trample or tread upon, πόσσι καταστείβοισι Sapph. 94 ; ἐπεμβῆναι ποδί S. El. 456 ; πόδα βαίνειν, v. βαίνω A. 11.4 ; πόδα τιθέναι to journey, Ar. Th. 1100 : metaph., νόστιμον ναῦς ἐκίνησεν πόδα started on its homeward way, E. Hec. 940 (lyr.); νεῶν λῦσαι ποθοῦσιν οἴκαδ’. . πόδα ib. 1020 ; χειρῶν ἔκβαλλον ὀρείους πόδας ναός, i. e. oars, Tim. Pers. 102 ; φωνὴ τῶν π. τοῦ ὑετοῦ sound of the pattering of rain, LXX 3 Ki. 18.41 .

3). as a point of measurement, ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from head to foot, Il. 18.353 ; ἐκ κεφαλῆς ἐς πόδας ἄκρους 16.640 ; and reversely, ἐκ ποδῶν δ’ ἄνω .. εἰς ἄκρον κάρα A. Fr. 169 ; ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν ἐς τὴν κεφαλήν σοι Ar. Pl. 650 ; also ἐκ τριχὸς ἄχρι ποδῶν AP 5.193 ( Posidipp. or Asclep.); ἐς κορυφὰν ἐκ ποδός ib. 7.388 (Bianor).

4). πρόσθε ποδός or ποδῶν, προπάροιθε ποδῶν, just before one, Il. 23.877 , 21.601 , 13.205 ; τὸ πρὸ ποδὸς .. χρῆμα Pi. I. 8(7).13 ; αὐτὰ τὰ πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὁρᾶν X. Lac. 3.4 , cf. An. 4.6.12 , Pl. R. 432d .

b). παρά or πὰρ ποδός off-hand, at once, ἀνελέσθαι πὰρ ποδός Thgn. 282 ; γνόντα τὸ πὰρ ποδός Pi. P. 3.60 , cf. 10.62 ; πὰρ ποδί close at hand, Id. O. 1.74 ; but παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός sank to their feet, Il. 15.280 ; παρὰ πόδα in a moment, S. Ph. 838 (lyr.), Pl. Sph. 242a ; close behind, Νέμεσις δέ γε πὰρ πόδας (leg. πόδα) βαίνει Prov. ap. Suid.; also παρὰ πόδας immediately afterwards Plb. 1.35.3 , 5.26.13 , Gal. 5.272 ; παρὰ π. οἱ ἔλεγχοι Luc. Hist. Conscr. 13 , cf. Aristid. 2.115 J.; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ καὶ παρὰ πόδας at his very feet, Pl. Tht. 174a ; περὶ τῶν παρὰ πόδας καὶ τῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ib.c; τὸ πλησίον καὶ παρὰ π. Luc. Cal. 1 .

c). ἐν ποσί in one's way, close at hand, τὸν ἐν π. γινόμενον Hdt. 3.79 , cf. Pi. P. 8.32 ; τἀν ποσὶν κακά S. Ant. 1327 , cf. E. Andr. 397 ; τοὐν ποσὶν κακόν Id. Alc. 739 ; τὴν ἐν ποσὶ [κώμην] αἱρεῖν Th. 3.97 ; τὰ ἐν ποσὶν ἀγνοεῖν everyday matters, Pl. Tht. 175b , cf. Arist. Pol. 1263a18 , etc.

d). τὸ πρὸς ποσί, = τὸ ἐν ποσί , S. OT 130 .

e). all these phrases are opp. ἐκ ποδῶν out of the way, far off, written ἐκποδών Hdt. 6.35 , etc.; also, βίαια πάντ’ ἐκ ποδὸς ἐρύσαις Pi. N. 7.67 .

5). to denote close pursuit, ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαι follow in the track, i.e. close behind, Plb. 3.68.1 , cf. D.S. 20.57 , D.H. 2.33 , etc.; ἐκ ποδῶν διώξαντες Plu. Pel. 11 .

b). in earlier writers κατὰ πόδας on the heels of a person, Hdt. 5.98 , Th. 3.98 , 8.17 , X. HG 2.1.20 , LXX Ge. 49.19 (also κατὰ πόδα ὑπολαβεῖν on the moment, Pl. Sph. 243d ); ἡ κατὰ πόδας ἡμέρα the very next day, Plb. 1.12.1 (but κατὰ πόδας αἱρεῖν catch it running, X. Cyr. 1.6.40 , cf. Mem. 2.6.9 ): c. gen. pers., κατὰ πόδας τινὸς ἐλαύνειν, ἰέναι, march, come close at his heels, on his track, Hdt. 9.89 , Th. 5.64 ; τῇ κατὰ π. ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἐκκλησίας on the day immediately after it, Plb. 3.45.5 ; κατὰ π. τῆς μάχης Aristid. 1.157J. , etc.

6). various phrases:

a). ἀνὰ πόδα backwards, Hsch.

b). ἐπὶ πόδα backwards facing the enemy, ἐπὶ π. ἀναχωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, ἀναχάζεσθαι, to retire without turning to fly, leisurely, X. An. 5.2.32 , Cyr. 3.3.69 , 7.1.34 , etc.; also ἐπὶ πόδας Luc. Pisc. 12 ; but γίνεται ἡ ἔξοδος οἷον ἐπὶ πόδας the offspring is as it were born feetforemost, Arist. GA 752b14 .

c). περὶ πόδα, properly of a shoe, round the foot, i.e. fitting exactly, ὡς ἔστι μοι τὸ χρῆμα τοῦτο περὶ πόδα Pl.Com. 197 , cf. 129 : c. dat., ὁρᾷς ὡς ἐμμελὴς ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ περὶ πόδα τῇ ἱστορίᾳ Luc. Hist.Conscr. 14 , cf. Ind. 10 , Pseudol. 23 .

d). ὡς ποδῶνἔχει as he is off for feet, i. e. as quick as he can, ὡς ποδῶν εἶχον [τάχιστα] ἐβοήθεον Hdt. 6.116 ; ἐδίωκον ὡς ποδῶν ἕκαστος εἶχον Id. 9.59 ; φευκτέον ὡς ἔχει ποδῶν ἕκαστος Pl. Grg. 507d ; so, σοῦσθε .. ὅπως ποδῶν <ἔχετε> A. Supp. 837 (lyr.).

e). ἔξω τινὸς πόδα ἔχειν keep one's foot out of a thing, i. e. be clear of it, ἔξω κομίζων πηλοῦ πόδα Id. Ch. 697 ; πημάτων ἔξω πόδα ἔχει Id. Pr. 265 ; ἐκτὸς κλαυμάτων S. Ph. 1260 ; ἔξω πραγμάτων E. Heracl. 109 : without a gen., ἐκτὸς ἔχειν πόδα Pi. P. 4.289 : opp. εἰς ἄντλον ἐμβήσῃ πόδα E. Heracl. 168 ; ἐν τούτῳ πεδίλῳ .. πόδ’ ἔχων Pi. O. 6.8 .

f). ἀμφοῖν ποδοῖν, etc., to denote energetic action, Ar. Av. 35 , cf. Il. 13.78 ; συνέχευε ποσὶν καὶ χερσὶν 15.364 ; χερσίν τε ποσίν τε καὶ σθένει 20.360 ; τιμωρήσειν χειρὶ καὶ ποδὶ καὶ πάσῃ δυνάμει Aeschin. 2.115 , cf. 3.109 ; τερπωλῆς ἐπέβημεν ὅλῳ ποδί with all the foot, i.e. entirely, A.R. 4.1166 , cf. D.Chr. 13.19 (prob.); καταφεύγειν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ὥσπερ ἐκ δυοῖν ποδοῖν Aristid. 1.117J. ; opp. οὐκ ἂν προβαίην τὸν πόδα τὸν ἕτερον Ar. Ec. 161 ; οὐκ ἂν ἔφασκεν ἐξελθεῖν οὐδὲ τὸν ἕτερον πόδα Din. 1.82 .

g). τὴν ὑπὸ πόδα [κατάστασιν] just below them, Plb. 2.68.9 ; ὑπὸ πόδας τίθεσθαι trample under foot, scorn, Plu. 2.1097c ; οἱ ὑπὸ πόδα those next below them (in rank), Onos. 25.2 ; ὑπὸ πόδα χωρεῖν recede, decline, of strength, Ath. Med. ap. Orib. inc. 21.16 .

h). for ὀρθῷ ποδί, v. ὀρθός 11.1 .

k). ἁλιεῖς ἀπὸ ποδός prob. fishermen who fish from the land, not from boats, BGU 221.5 ( i1 /iii A. D.); ποτίσαι ἀπὸ ποδός perh. irrigate by the feet (of oxen turning the irrigation-wheel), PRyl. 157.21 (ii A. D.); τόπον .. ἀπὸ ποδὸς ἐξηρτισμένον dub. sens. in POsl. 55.11 (ii/iii A. D.).

1). ἀγγεῖον .. τρήματα ἐκ τῶν ὑπὸ ποδὸς ἔχον round the bottom, Dsc. 2.72 .

7). πούς τινος, as periphr. for a person as coming, etc., σὺν πατρὸς μολὼν ποδί, i.e. σὺν πατρί, E. Hipp. 661 ; παρθένου δέχου πόδα Id. Or. 1217 , cf. Hec. 977 , HF 336 ; χρόνου πόδα Id. Ba. 889 (lyr.), Ar. Ra. 100 ; also ἐξ ἑνὸς ποδός, i.e. μόνος ὤν, S. Ph. 91 ; οἱ δ’ ἀφ’ ἡσύχου π., i.e. οἱ ἡσύχως ζῶντες, E. Med. 217 .

II). metaph., of things, foot, lowest part, esp. foot of a hill, Il. 2.824 , 20.59 (pl.), Pi. P. 11.36 , etc.; of a table, couch, etc., Ar. Fr. 530 , X. Cyr. 8.8.16 , etc.; cf. πέζα; of the side strokes at the foot of the letter Ω, Callias ap. Ath. 10.454a ; = ποδεών 11.1 , ἀσκοῦ .. λῦσαι π. E. Med. 679 .

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 (cf. ποδεών 11.4), Od. 5.260 ; χαλᾶν πόδα ease off the sheet, as is done when a squall is coming, E. Or. 707 ; τοῦ ποδὸς παρίει let go hold of it, Ar. Eq. 436 ; ἐκδοῦναι ὀλίγον τοῦ ποδός Luc. Cont. 3 ; ἐκπετάσουσι πόδα ναός (with reference to the sail), E. IT 1135 (lyr.): opp. τεῖναι πόδα haul it tight, S. Ant. 715 ; ναῦς ἐνταθεῖσα ποδί a ship with her sheet close hauled, E. Or. 706 ; κὰδ’ δ’. . λαῖφος ἐρυσσάμενοι τανύοντο ἐς πόδας ἀμφοτέρους A.R. 2.932 ; ἱστία .. ἐτάνυσσαν ὑπ’ ἀμφοτέροισι πόδεσσι Q.S. 9.438 .

b). perh. of the rudder or steering-paddle, αἰεὶ γὰρ πόδα νηὸς ἐνώμων Od. 10.32 (cf. Sch.ad loc.); πὰρ ποδὶ ναός Pi. N. 6.55 .

III). a foot, as a measure of length, = 4 palms (παλασταί) or 6 fingers, Hdt. 2.149 , Pl. Men. 82c , etc.

IV). foot in Prosody, Ar. Ra. 1323 (lyr.), Pl. R. 400a , Aristox. Harm. p.34 M., Heph. 3.1 , etc.; so of a metrical phrase or passage, ἔκμετρα καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸν π. Luc. Pr.Im. 18 ; of a long passage declaimed in one breath, κήρυκες ὅταν τὸν καλούμενον πόδα μέλλωσιν ἐρεῖν Gal. 4.459 , cf. Luc. Demon. 65 , Poll. 4.91 .

V). boundary stone, Is. Fr. 27 . (Cf. Lat. pes, Goth. fotus, etc. 'foot'; related to πέδον as noted by Arist. IA 706a33 .)