πεζός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *peďďós, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yo-s (foot); see also πούς (poús).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πεζός (pezósm (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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πεζός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1161

Further reading

  • πεζός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πεζός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • πεζός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • 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

Greek

Adjective

πεζός (pezósm (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

Noun

πεζός (pezósm (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)