πόδι
Greek
Alternative forms
- (Katharevousa) πους m (pous), Polytonic spelling: πούς
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek πόδιν (pódin), from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion), diminutive of πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), from Proto-Indo-European *póds, *pṓds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpo.ði/
- Hyphenation: πό‧δι
Noun
πόδι • (pódi) n (plural πόδια)
- (anatomy) leg (portion of the lower human appendage from the thigh to the ankle)
- Έσπασε το πόδι του παίζοντας ποδόσφαιρο.
- Éspase to pódi tou paízontas podósfairo.
- He broke his leg playing football.
- (anatomy) foot
- Του έκοψαν το πόδι επειδή είχε μολυνθεί το δάχτυλο του ποδιού.
- Tou ékopsan to pódi epeidí eíche molyntheí to dáchtylo tou podioú.
- They cut his foot off because the toe had become infected.
- (figuratively) leg, foot (of a piece of furniture)
- Αυτό το τραπέζι έχει μόνο τρία πόδια.
- Aftó to trapézi échei móno tría pódia.
- This table only has three legs.
- (geography, figuratively) finger (of land)
- Η Χαλκιδική έχει τρία πόδια.
- I Chalkidikí échei tría pódia.
- Chalkidiki has three fingers.
- (unit of measure) foot (unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard)
- Το αεροσκάφος πετάει στα τριάντα χιλιάδες πόδια.
- To aeroskáfos petáei sta triánta chiliádes pódia.
- The aircraft is flying at thirty thousand feet.
Declension
Derived terms
From πόδι (pódi)
- ποδιά f (podiá, “apron”)
- ποδικός (podikós, “foot-, foot”) (adjective)
- με τα πόδια (me ta pódia, “on foot, by foot”)
- με το ένα πόδι στον τάφο (me to éna pódi ston táfo, “one foot in the grave”)
- μέχρι να σηκώσει το ένα πόδι, βρωμάει το άλλο (méchri na sikósei to éna pódi, vromáei to állo, “to be bone idle, to be incredibly lazy”) (literally: "by the time he/she moves one leg, the other one stinks")
- μες στα πόδια (mes sta pódia, “in the way, obstructing”)
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