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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-) + πούς (poús), literally “on the feet”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /em.po.dɔ̌ːn/ → /em.poˈðon/ → /em.boˈðon/
Adverb
ἐμποδών • (empodṓn)
- in the way, underfoot
- Antonym: ἐκποδών (ekpodṓn)
Further reading
- ἐμποδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐμποδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἐμποδών”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐμποδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.