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ποδεών

ποδεών, the ragged ends

ποδ-εών, ῶνος, ὁ, (πούς) in pl.,
  • ragged ends in the skins of animals, where the feet and tail have been, ἄκρων δέρμα λέοντος ἀφηυμένον ἐκ ποδεώνων a lionʼs skin hung round oneʼs neck by the paws, Theoc. 22.52.
    • II sg., neck or mouth of a wineskin, which was formed by one of these ends, the others being sewn up, Hdt. 2.121.δʹ; neck of a skin bag, Hp. Aff. 21, prob. in Art. 77 (pl.); ἀσκοῦ τὸν προὔχοντα ποδάονα (Dor. form), of the membrum virile, Orac. ap. Apollod. 3.15.6.
      • 2 neck of the bladder, Poll. 2.196, Phot.
      • 3 generally, of any narrow end, π. στεινός a narrow strip of land, Hdt. 8.31.
      • 4 lower end or corner of a sail, sheet, which in old times was a strip of hide (cf. πούς II.2), Chrest.Oxy. 1241 v 1 (ii A.D.), Luc. VH 2.45.
      • 5 in pl., of a kind of shoe, Lyd. Mag. 1.12 (πεδ- codd.); so perh. AP 6.95 (Antiphil.).

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