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

• (Classical): IPA: [poː́s]
• (Koine): IPA: [puːs]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [pus]

Noun

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

1. foot
2. leg

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πούς	τώ πόδε	οἱ πόδες
Genitive	τοῦ ποδός	τοῖν ποδοῖν	τῶν ποδῶν
Dative	τῷ ποδί	τοῖν ποδοῖν	τοῖς ποσί(ν)
Accusative	τόν πόδᾰ	τώ πόδε	τούς 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.

References

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