ποδοστράβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πούς (poús, “foot”) +‎ στραβός (strabós, “distorted”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.dos.trá.bɛː/ → /po.ðosˈtra.βi/ → /po.ðosˈtra.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.dos.trá.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.dosˈtra.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.ðosˈtra.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.ðosˈtra.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.ðosˈtra.vi/

Noun

ποδοστρᾰ́βη • (podostrábē) f (genitive ποδοστρᾰ́βης); first declension

1. snare, gin, trap
2. instrument for straining or twisting the feet (in surgical operations or in torture)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ποδοστρᾰ́βη; τῆς ποδοστρᾰ́βης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ποδοστρᾰ́βη hē podostrábē	τὼ ποδοστρᾰ́βᾱ tṑ podostrábā	αἱ ποδοστρᾰ́βαι hai podostrábai
Genitive	τῆς ποδοστρᾰ́βης tês podostrábēs	τοῖν ποδοστρᾰ́βαιν toîn podostrábain	τῶν ποδοστρᾰβῶν tôn podostrabôn
Dative	τῇ ποδοστρᾰ́βῃ têi podostrábēi	τοῖν ποδοστρᾰ́βαιν toîn podostrábain	ταῖς ποδοστρᾰ́βαις taîs podostrábais
Accusative	τὴν ποδοστρᾰ́βην tḕn podostrábēn	τὼ ποδοστρᾰ́βᾱ tṑ podostrábā	τᾱ̀ς ποδοστρᾰ́βᾱς tā̀s podostrábās
Vocative	ποδοστρᾰ́βη podostrábē	ποδοστρᾰ́βᾱ podostrábā	ποδοστρᾰ́βαι podostrábai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ποδοστράβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ποδοστράβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette