Πεποδισμένοι

foot-bound, hobbled

Translated by David Whitehead10 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

1 note · 26 words

[Meaning they who have been] tied by the feet. "Amongst Persians horses are as a rule hobbled, to prevent them running away if they are loosed."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πεποδισμένοι· τοὺς πόδας δεδεμένοι. τοῖς Πέρσαις ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ οἱ ἵπποι πεποδισμένοι εἰσί, τοῦ μὴ φεύγειν ἕνεκα, εἰ λυθείησαν.

Betacode

*pepodisme/noi: tou\s po/das dedeme/noi. toi=s *pe/rsais w(s e)pi\ to\ polu\ oi( i(/ppoi pepodisme/noi ei)si/, tou= mh\ feu/gein e(/neka, ei) luqei/hsan.

Notes (1)

The headword -- perfect middle/passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of podi/zw -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.35 (web address 1). See also pi 1010, and LSJ s.v. for other meanings of podi/zw. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π1010Πεποδισμένοιfoot-bound, hobbled[Meaning ones] restrained by the feet. Xenophon [writes]: "a Persian army is useless at night, for their horses are tethered [and hobbled]".

Neighbouring entries

π1007Πεπλώματαgarments, robes π1008Πεπνυμένοςconscious, wise π1009Πεποδισμένοιfoot-bound, hobbled π1010Πεποδισμένοιfoot-bound, hobbled π1011ΠέπομαιI have been drunk

Revision history6 revisions · last 22 Sep 2013

22 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
13 Sep 2011expanded primary note — David Whitehead
13 May 2011another note and keyword — David Whitehead
4 Jun 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
3 Jun 2004modified translation — Catharine Roth
16 Dec 2003cosmetics, added link and keyword, set status — William Hutton
10 Oct 2001Translated — David Whitehead