πεζός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *peďďós, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yo-s (“foot”); see also πούς (poús).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pez.dós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈzos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈzos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈzos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈzos/
Adjective
πεζός • (pezós) m (feminine πεζή, neuter πεζόν); first/second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)
- (poetic) on foot, walking
- (poetic) traveling on land, as opposed to by sea
- consisting of land troops
- consisting of infantry
- prosaic
- ordinary
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πεζός pezós |
πεζή pezḗ |
πεζόν pezón |
πεζώ pezṓ |
πεζᾱ́ pezā́ |
πεζώ pezṓ |
πεζοί pezoí |
πεζαί pezaí |
πεζᾰ́ pezắ | |||||
| Genitive | πεζοῦ pezoû |
πεζῆς pezês |
πεζοῦ pezoû |
πεζοῖν pezoîn |
πεζαῖν pezaîn |
πεζοῖν pezoîn |
πεζῶν pezôn |
πεζῶν pezôn |
πεζῶν pezôn | |||||
| Dative | πεζῷ pezōî |
πεζῇ pezēî |
πεζῷ pezōî |
πεζοῖν pezoîn |
πεζαῖν pezaîn |
πεζοῖν pezoîn |
πεζοῖς pezoîs |
πεζαῖς pezaîs |
πεζοῖς pezoîs | |||||
| Accusative | πεζόν pezón |
πεζήν pezḗn |
πεζόν pezón |
πεζώ pezṓ |
πεζᾱ́ pezā́ |
πεζώ pezṓ |
πεζούς pezoús |
πεζᾱ́ς pezā́s |
πεζᾰ́ pezắ | |||||
| Vocative | πεζέ pezé |
πεζή pezḗ |
πεζόν pezón |
πεζώ pezṓ |
πεζᾱ́ pezā́ |
πεζώ pezṓ |
πεζοί pezoí |
πεζαί pezaí |
πεζᾰ́ pezắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πεζῶς pezôs |
πεζώτερος pezṓteros |
πεζώτᾰτος pezṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀργυρόπεζα (argurópeza)
- πεζοβατέω (pezobatéō)
- πεζοβόας (pezobóas)
- πεζοθηρικός (pezothērikós)
- πεζομαχέω (pezomakhéō)
- πεζομάχης (pezomákhēs)
- πεζομαχία (pezomakhía)
- πεζομάχος (pezomákhos)
- πεζονομικός (pezonomikós)
- πεζονόμος (pezonómos)
- πεζοπορέω (pezoporéō)
- πεζοπορία (pezoporía)
- πεζοπόρος (pezopóros)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πεζός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1161
Further reading
- “πεζός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πεζός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πεζός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πεζός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πεζός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Greek
Adjective
πεζός • (pezós) m (feminine πεζή, neuter πεζό)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | πεζός (pezós) | πεζή (pezí) | πεζό (pezó) | πεζοί (pezoí) | πεζές (pezés) | πεζά (pezá) | |
| genitive | πεζού (pezoú) | πεζής (pezís) | πεζού (pezoú) | πεζών (pezón) | πεζών (pezón) | πεζών (pezón) | |
| accusative | πεζό (pezó) | πεζή (pezí) | πεζό (pezó) | πεζούς (pezoús) | πεζές (pezés) | πεζά (pezá) | |
| vocative | πεζέ (pezé) | πεζή (pezí) | πεζό (pezó) | πεζοί (pezoí) | πεζές (pezés) | πεζά (pezá) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πεζός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πεζός, etc.)
Derived terms
- πεζά γράμματα n pl (pezá grámmata, “small letters, lowercase”)
Noun
πεζός • (pezós) m (plural πεζοί)