ἐμποδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-) +‎ πούς (poús), literally “on the feet”

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.po.dɔ̌ːn/ → /em.poˈðon/ → /em.boˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.po.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /em.poˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.poˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.poˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /em.boˈðon/

Adverb

ἐμποδών • (empodṓn)

1. in the way, underfoot

   Antonym: ἐκποδών (ekpodṓn)

Further reading

• ἐμποδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐμποδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐμποδών”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐμποδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • way idem, page 968.