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ποδοστράβη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποδοστράβη

Structure: ποδοστραβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a snare or trap to catch the feet

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ποδοστράβη ποδοστράβᾱ ποδοστράβαι
Genitive ποδοστράβης ποδοστράβαιν ποδοστραβῶν
Dative ποδοστράβῃ ποδοστράβαιν ποδοστράβαις
Accusative ποδοστράβην ποδοστράβᾱ ποδοστράβᾱς
Vocative ποδοστράβη ποδοστράβᾱ ποδοστράβαι

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

  • "ὁ γὰρ στρατηγὸσ καίτοι ἀτιμαγελοῦντι καρπόδεσμά τε αὐτῷ περιθεὶσ καὶ περιδέραιον ἐν ποδοκάκαισ καὶ ποδοστράβαισ ἐποίησεν εἶναι. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 10:5)
  • ἵστανται δὲ καὶ ποδοστράβαι ταῖσ ἐλάφοισ ἐν τοῖσ ὄρεσι, περὶ τοὺσ λειμῶνασ καὶ τὰ ῥεῖθρα καὶ τὰσ νάπασ, ἐν ταῖσ διόδοισ καὶ τοῖσ ἔργοισ πρὸσ ὅ τι ἂν προσίῃ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 13:1)
  • ἱστάναι δὲ τὰσ ποδοστράβασ διελόντα τῆσ γῆσ βάθοσ πεντεπάλαστον, περιφερὲσ δὲ τοῦτο, καὶ ἄνωθεν ἴσον ταῖσ στεφάναισ τῶν ποδοστραβῶν, εἰσ δὲ τὸ κάτω ἀμειβόμενον στενότητι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 16:1)
  • ποιήσαντα δὲ ταῦτα ἐπὶ μὲν τὸ βάθοσ τὴν ποδοστράβην ἐπιθεῖναι κατωτέρω ἰσόπεδον, περὶ δὲ τὴν στέγην τὸν βρόχον τῆσ σειρίδοσ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 17:1)
  • τὴν δὲ περιοῦσαν τῆσ γῆσ ἀποφέρειν πόρρω ἀπὸ τῆσ ποδοστράβησ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. a snare or trap to catch the feet

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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