From Proto-Indo-European *pesd- (“to fart”), the same root of Latin pēdō (“to fart”) and βδέω (bdéō, “to break wind”).
πέζῐς • (pézis) f (genitive πέζεως); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ πέζῐς hē pézis |
τὼ πέζει tṑ pézei |
αἱ πέζεις hai pézeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πέζεως tês pézeōs |
τοῖν πεζέοιν toîn pezéoin |
τῶν πέζεων tôn pézeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πέζει têi pézei |
τοῖν πεζέοιν toîn pezéoin |
ταῖς πέζεσῐ / πέζεσῐν taîs pézesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πέζῐν tḕn pézin |
τὼ πέζει tṑ pézei |
τᾱ̀ς πέζεις tā̀s pézeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πέζῐ pézi |
πέζει pézei |
πέζεις pézeis | ||||||||||
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