πεδάω

pedao-2

bind with fetters

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 32 618b18–619b12

619b1
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

368b31
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 57 834b7–17

834b10
Poetics 1
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Chapter 25 1460b6–1461b25

1461a18

Dictionary (LSJ)

πεδάω, Ep. 3sg. πεδάᾳ Od. 4.380 : Ep. and Ion. impf. πεδάασκον 23.353 : pf. part. Pass. πεπεδημένος Paus. 8.49.6 : (πέδη) :—A. prop. bind with fetters : hence, simply, bind, make fast, ἐπέδησε θύρας (unless this be from ἐπιδέω) Od. 21.391 ; π. ἄνδρα δαιδάλῳ πέπλῳ A. Eu. 635 ; τὸν μούναρχον πεδήσας Hdt. 6.23. 2. shackle, trammel, πέδησε δὲ φαίδιμα γυῖα Il. 13.435 ; δόλῳ ἅρμα πεδῆσαι 23.585, cf. Pi. P. 6.32, N. 5.26 ; ἕρκος Ἀχαιῶν θρασεῖ φόνῳ πεδάσαις Id. Pae. 6.86 ; νῆα θοὴν ἐπέδησʼ ἐνὶ πόντῳ Od. 13.168 ; of sleep, ὅς μʼ ἐπέδησε φίλα βλέφαρʼ ἀμφικαλύψας 23.17 ; ὕπνος λύει πεδήσας S. Aj. 676 ; esp. of a deity or fate overruling a mortalʼs will, μοῖρʼ ἐπέδησε c. acc. pers., Il. 4.517 ; ὅς τίς μʼ ἀθανάτων πεδάᾳ Od. 4.380 ; πέδησε δὲ καὶ τὸν Ἀθήνη 18.155 ; ἐμὲ θεοὶ πεδάασκον ἐμῆς ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης 23.353 : c. inf., Ἕκτορα δʼ αὐτοῦ μεῖναι . . μοῖρʼ ἐπέδησε constrained him to remain on the spot, Il. 22.5 ; μιν μοῖρα θεῶν ἐπέδησε δαμῆναι constrained him to be slain, Od. 3.269 ; τό γε Μοῖρʼ ἐπέδησε οὖλον ἀκίνητόν τʼ ἔμεναι Parm. 8.37, cf. 10.6 : rare in Prose, καθʼ ὕπνον τὴν τῆς φρονήσεως πεδηθεὶς δύναμιν Pl. Ti. 71e, cf. 43d, Plot. 3.5.7 ; εἰ πεδᾶται ὁ ταὐτοῦ κύκλος Dam. Pr. 400 ; τῷ ἀξιώματι πεδηθείς D.C. 60.29.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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