πεζός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *peďďós, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yo-s (“foot”); see also πούς (poús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pez.dós/ → /peˈzos/ → /peˈzos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pez.dós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈzos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈzos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈzos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈzos/

Adjective

πεζός • (pezós) m (feminine πεζή, neuter πεζόν); first/second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

1. (poetic) on foot, walking
2. (poetic) traveling on land, as opposed to by sea
3. consisting of land troops
4. consisting of infantry
5. prosaic
6. ordinary

Declension

First and second declension of πεζός; πεζή; πεζόν (Attic)

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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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)

Descendants

• Greek: πεζός (pezós)

Further reading

• “πεζός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πεζός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πεζός in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• 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
• “πεζός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “πεζός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πεζός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεζός (pezós).

Adjective

πεζός • (pezós) m (feminine πεζή, neuter πεζό)

1. on foot
2. prosaic, prose
3. mundane
4. (typography) lowercase

Declension

Declension of πεζός

	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)

1. pedestrian

Declension

Declension of πεζός

	singular	plural
nominative	πεζός (pezós)	πεζοί (pezoí)
genitive	πεζού (pezoú)	πεζών (pezón)
accusative	πεζό (pezó)	πεζούς (pezoús)
vocative	πεζέ (pezé)	πεζοί (pezoí)

Further reading

• πεζός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language