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ποδάγρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποδάγρᾱ ποδάγρᾱς

Structure: ποδαγρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. trap for the feet
  2. (of dogs, oxen, horses) foot disease
  3. Aristotle, History of Animals 8.Κεφάλαιο 24
  4. (of human beings) gout of the foot

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὅμωσ δ̓ ἐπείγου, θυμέ, γιγνώσκων ὅτι πτωχὸσ ποδαγρῶν, περιπατεῖν μὲν ἂν θέλῃ καὶ μὴ δύνηται, τοῦτον ἐν νεκροῖσ τίθει. (Lucian, 15)
  • εἴ με τὸ πυγίζειν ἀπολώλεκε, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκτρέφομαι ποδαγρῶν, Ζεῦ, κρεάγραν με πόει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2431)

Synonyms

  1. trap for the feet

  2. foot disease

  3. gout of the foot

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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