πέδιλον
pedilon
sandals
Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πέδιλον, Aeol. πέδιλλον in An.Ox. 2.239 : τό : (πέδη) :— mostly in pl., A. sandals, ἀμφὶ πόδεσσιν . . ἀράρισκε π., τάμνων δέρμα βόειον Od. 14.23 ; ὑπὸ ποσσὶν ἐδήσατο καλὰ π. ἀμβρόσια χρύσεια, τά μιν φέρον ἠμὲν ἐφʼ ὑγρὴν ἠδʼ ἐπʼ ἀπείρονα γαῖαν, of Hermes, Il. 24.340 ; of Athena, Od. 1.96 ; πτερόεντα π. Sc. 220 ; ποτανά El. 460 (lyr.). II. any covering for the feet, shoes or boots, π. ἐς γόνυ ἀνατείνοντα 7.67 ; περὶ τοὺς πόδας τε καὶ τὰς κνήμας π. νεβρῶν ib.75, cf. P. 4.95, Thes. 3 ; ἱμάτιον καθαρὸν καὶ καινὰ π. Av. 973. III. metaph., Δωρίῳ φωνὰν ἐναρμόξαι π., i.e. to write in Doric rhythm (cf. πούς), O.3.5 ; also ἐν τούτῳ π. πόδʼ ἔχειν to have oneʼs foot in this shoe, i.e. to be in this condition or fortune, ib.6.8.
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