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πέδη

πέδη, a fetter

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πέδας Noun: feminine accusative plural, Noun: feminine genitive singular of πέδη

πέδας Verb: imperfect active indicative 2nd singular of πεδάω

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πέδη, ἡ, (πέζα)
  • fetter: in pl., shackles, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶ πέδας ἔβαλε χρυσείας, of horses, Il. 13.36; of men, τοῖς ἀδίκοις ἀμφιτίθησι πέδας Sol. 4.34, cf. Thgn. 539, A. Pr. 6, Men. Her. 3, Herod. 3.95; πεδέων ζεῦγος pair of fetters, Hdt. 7.35; ἐν πέδαις (v.l. ἐς πέδας) δῆσαί τινα put one in fetters, Id. 5.77; αἱ πέδαι, ἐν τῇσι ἐδεδέατο ibid.; ἐν πέδαις δῆσαι, φυλάττειν, etc., Pl. Lg. 882b, Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.181b, etc.: metaph., πέδαις ἀχαλκεύτοισι, of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, A. Ch. 493; πέδας χειροῖν καὶ ποδοῖν ib. 982: in sg., of the poisoned robe of Nessus, S. Tr. 1057; π. Ἑλληνικαί, of the fortresses of Chalcis, Corinth, and Demetrias, Plb. 18.11.5, etc.
      • 2 anklet, bangle, Ar. Fr. 320.11, Philem. 81, Luc. Lex. 9.
      • 3 of fishing-nets, E. Fr. 670.5.
    • II mode of breaking in a horse by riding him in a figure-of-eight course (cf. ἱπποπέδη), X. Eq. 3.5, 7.13; π. ἑτερομήκης, κυκλοτερής, ib. 14.

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