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 • (podostrắbē) 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 podostrắbē	τὼ ποδοστρᾰ́βᾱ tṑ podostrắbā	αἱ ποδοστρᾰ́βαι hai podostrắbai
Genitive	τῆς ποδοστρᾰ́βης tês podostrắbēs	τοῖν ποδοστρᾰ́βαιν toîn podostrắbain	τῶν ποδοστρᾰβῶν tôn podostrăbôn
Dative	τῇ ποδοστρᾰ́βῃ têi podostrắbēi	τοῖν ποδοστρᾰ́βαιν toîn podostrắbain	ταῖς ποδοστρᾰ́βαις taîs podostrắbais
Accusative	τὴν ποδοστρᾰ́βην tḕn podostrắbēn	τὼ ποδοστρᾰ́βᾱ tṑ podostrắbā	τᾱ̀ς ποδοστρᾰ́βᾱς tā̀s podostrắbās
Vocative	ποδοστρᾰ́βη podostrắbē	ποδοστρᾰ́βᾱ podostrắbā	ποδοστρᾰ́βαι podostrắbai
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