πεδίον — a plain · Greek word G8676

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πεδίονpedion

a plain

Greek · G8676 · 168 occurrences · 162 references

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a plain or flat , and collectively a plain flat open country , (Homer), etc.
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πεδίον, τό, (πέδον)

A plain, in Hom. mostly sg., Il. 5.222, al.: in pl., 12.283, Hes. Op. 388, etc.; ἐν πεδίῳ on a fertile plain, opp. ἐν πέτραις, Men. 719.

b metaph., of the sea, δελφινοφόρον πεδίον πόντου A. Fr. 150; πόντου π. Αἰγαῖον Ion Trag. 60; π. πλόϊμα Tim. Pers. 89.

2 freq. with gen. or adj. of particular plains (mostly in sg.), πεδίον Αἰσώπου A. Ag. 297; τὸ Τροίας π. S. Ph. 1435 (but τὰ Τ. π. 1376 ); τὸ Θήβης π. Id. OC 1312; Καϋστρίων π. Ar. Ach. 68; τὸ Κιρραῖον π. Aeschin. 3.107; τὰ Θετταλικὰ π. Pl. Plt. 264c; τὸ Ἄρειον π., = Lat. Campus Martius, D.H. 7.59.

b esp. the plain of Attica, IG 12.842C7, Hdt. 1.59, Th. 2.55, Is. 5.22.

3 ἱππέας εἰς π. προκαλεῖσθαι, prov. of challenging persons to do that in which they excel, Pl. Tht. 183d, cf. Men. 268.

II part of the foot next the toes, metatarsus, Gal. UP 3.5, al., Poll. 2.197.

III pudenda muliebria, Ar. Lys. 88.

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