Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τετραποδηδόν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τετραποδηδόν

Etym.: pou/s

Sense

  1. on four feet

Examples

  • ἔπειτ’ ἀγῶνά γ’ εὐθὺσ ἐξέσται ποιεῖν ταύτην ἔχουσιν αὔριον καλὸν πάνυ, ἐπὶ γῆσ παλαίειν, τετραποδηδὸν ἑστάναι, πλαγίαν καταβάλλειν, ἐσ γόνατα κύβδ’ ἑστάναι, καὶ παγκράτιόν γ’ ὑπαλειψαμένοισ νεανικῶσ παίειν ὀρύττειν πὺξ ὁμοῦ καὶ τῷ πέει· (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, iambics30)

Synonyms

  1. on four feet

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

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