ακροποδητί

See also: ἀκροποδητί

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀκροποδητί (akropodētí).[1] From ancient ἀκρο- (akro-) + stem ποδ- of πούς m (poús, “foot”) + -ητί (-ētí).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.kɾo.po.ðiˈti/
  • Hyphenation: α‧κρο‧πο‧δη‧τί

Adverb

ακροποδητί • (akropodití)

  1. (dated) on tiptoe
  • ακρο- (akro-, “acro-”), άκρος (ákros, “of the extremity”)
  • πόδι n (pódi, “foot”)

References
  1. ακροποδητί - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. ακροποδητί - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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