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πέδον

πέδον, the ground, earth

πέδον, τό, (πούς)
  • ground, earth, first in h.Cer. 455 (πέδονδε is used in Hom.): freq. in later Poetry, Pi. O. 10.46, P. 1.28, etc.; χθονὸς π. A. Pr. 1; γῆς π. Ar. Nu. 573 (lyr.); π. κελεύθου στρωννύναι A. Ag. 909.
      • 2 of a particular site, esp. of sacred ground (poet. and used only in sg.), Ζηνὸς εὐθαλὲς π., of Nemea, B. 8.5; Κρισαῖον π. S. El. 730; Λοξίου π. A. Ch. 1036; Παλλάδος κλεινὸν π., i.e. the Acropolis, Ar. Pl. 772; ἁγνὸν ἐς Θήβης π. Eub. 10, cf. 66; πέδον c. gen. loci periphr. for the place itself, Εὐρώπης π. A. Pr. 734; Λήμνου. S. Ph. 1464 (anap.), etc.
      • 3 with a Prep., νεύειν ἐς π. Id. Ant. 441; πρὸς πέδῳ βαλεῖν, κεῖσθαι, A. Fr. 183, S. OT 180 (lyr.).
      • 4 πέδῳ on the ground, to earth, h.Cer. 455; πεσόντος αἵματος π. A. Ch. 48 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 263 (lyr.), 479, S. El. 747; ῥίπτειν πέδῳ E. IA 39 (anap.), cf. Or. 1433, 1440 (both lyr.); πέδῳ σκήψασα A. Pr. 749; πέδοι shd. perh. be read for πέδῳ in Trag., as also for πέδον in the phrases πέδον πατεῖν, πέδον πατεῖσθαι, A. Ag. 1357, Ch. 643 (lyr.).

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