Ποδώκεια

fastness on the feet

Translated by David Whitehead12 Apr 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] swift[ness].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ποδώκεια· ἡ ταχεῖα.

Betacode

*podw/keia: h( taxei=a.

Notes

The headword, a feminine noun found as either podw/keia (as here) or podwki/a, is used in (e.g.) Xenophon, On Hunting 5.27 (of a hare). See web address 1.
For the glossing cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.764 (where the accusative plural occurs, of mares).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π1848Ποδοκάκηstocks π1849Ποδοστράβηfoot-snare π1850Ποδώκειαfastness on the feet π1851ΠόδωνοςPodon's; of Podon π1852ΠοδορρώνηPodorrhone

Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Oct 2013

7 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
20 Oct 2011Revised — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2010augmented note — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2010added link, set status — Catharine Roth
12 Apr 2010Translated — David Whitehead