πεδίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ped-, and related to πούς (poús, foot). Compare πέδον (pédon, soil, ground).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πεδίον • (pedíon) n (genitive πεδίου); second declension

  1. open country, field, plain, flat
  2. metatarsus
  3. female genitals
    • the Lysistrata:
      νὴ μὰ Δία Βοιωτία, καλόν γ’ ἔχουσα τὸ πεδίον

Usage notes

The line in the Lysistrata uses this term in an innuendo (wordplay on its usual meaning of "plain") to refer to a female's genitals.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: pedion, Pædion
  • Greek: πεδίο (pedío)

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