Ancient Greek dictionary · noun

πούς

foot

Transliteration: pous

Dictionary forms: πούς, ποδός

Inflection: third declension

Meaning and definitions

1. foot
2. leg
3. Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek and Byzantine unit of length originally based upon the length of a shod foot

Connected roots

• pod-

  foot

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• tripod

  a three-legged stand for supporting a camera or other apparatus

• arthropod

  An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.

• podiatry

  Chiropody.

• cephalopod

  Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.

• podiatric

  Of or pertaining to podiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the foot

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