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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

  • ἐφ’ ὃν δήσαντεσ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα καὶ ταῦτα ποδάγραισ σιδηραῖσ ἐφαρμόσαντεσ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ περὶ τροχιαῖον σφῆνα κατέκαμψαν, περὶ ὃν ὅλοσ περὶ τὸν τροχὸν σκορπίου τρόπον ἀνακλώμενοσ ἐξεμελίζετο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 11:10)
  • τί δ’ ἐλάφουσ ποδάγραισ καὶ ἁρπεδόναισ; (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 6 34:8)

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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