πούς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πόρ (Laconian)
• πός (Doric)
• πῶς

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *póds, *pṓds. Cognates include Latin pēs, Sanskrit पद् (pád), Old Armenian ոտն (otn) and հետ (het), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus) and Old English fōt (English foot).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /po͜ós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /puːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /pus/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /pus/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /pus/

Noun

πούς (genitive ποδός) m, third declension; (pous)

1. foot
2. leg

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πούς	τὼ πόδε	οἱ πόδες
Genitive	τοῦ ποδός	τοῖν ποδοῖν	τῶν ποδῶν
Dative	τῷ ποδί	τοῖν ποδοῖν	τοῖς ποσί(ν)
Accusative	τὸν πόδᾰ	τὼ πόδε	τοὺς πόδᾰς
Vocative	πούς	πόδε	πόδες

Usage notes

Homer also uses the dative plurals ποσσί and πόδεσσι. In addition Epic Greek uses ποδοῖιν as the genitive and dative dual.

Derived terms

• ὀκτώπους (octopus)

Descendants

• English: -pod
• Greek: πόδι

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G4228