πεζός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pez.dós/ → /peˈzos/ → /peˈzos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pez.dós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈzos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈzos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈzos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈzos/

Adjective

πεζός • (pezós) m (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

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πεζός pezós	πεζή pezḗ	πεζόν pezón		πεζώ pezṓ	πεζᾱ́ pezā́	πεζώ pezṓ		πεζοί pezoí	πεζαί pezaí	πεζᾰ́ pezá
Genitive		πεζοῦ pezoû	πεζῆς pezês	πεζοῦ pezoû		πεζοῖν pezoîn	πεζαῖν pezaîn	πεζοῖν pezoîn		πεζῶν pezôn	πεζῶν pezôn	πεζῶν pezôn
Dative		πεζῷ pezôi	πεζῇ pezêi	πεζῷ pezôi		πεζοῖν pezoîn	πεζαῖν pezaîn	πεζοῖν pezoîn		πεζοῖς pezoîs	πεζαῖς pezaîs	πεζοῖς pezoîs
Accusative		πεζόν pezón	πεζήν pezḗn	πεζόν pezón		πεζώ pezṓ	πεζᾱ́ pezā́	πεζώ pezṓ		πεζούς pezoús	πεζᾱ́ς pezā́s	πεζᾰ́ pezá
Vocative		πεζέ pezé	πεζή pezḗ	πεζόν pezón		πεζώ pezṓ	πεζᾱ́ pezā́	πεζώ pezṓ		πεζοί pezoí	πεζαί pezaí	πεζᾰ́ pezá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πεζῶς pezôs				πεζώτερος pezṓteros				πεζώτᾰτος pezṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of πεζός; πεζή; πεζόν (Attic)

Derived terms

• ἀργυρόπεζα (argurópeza)
• πεζοβατέω (pezobatéō)
• πεζοβόας (pezobóas)
• πεζοθηρικός (pezothērikós)
• πεζομαχέω (pezomakhéō)
• πεζομάχης (pezomákhēs)
• πεζομαχία (pezomakhía)
• πεζομάχος (pezomákhos)
• πεζονομικός (pezonomikós)
• πεζονόμος (pezonómos)
• πεζοπορέω (pezoporéō)
• πεζοπορία (pezoporía)
• πεζοπόρος (pezopóros)

 

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 • (pezós) m (feminine πεζή, neuter πεζό)

1. on foot
2. prosaic, prose
3. mundane
4. (typography) lowercase

Declension

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	πεζός •	πεζή •	πεζό •	πεζοί •	πεζές •	πεζά •
genitive	πεζού •	πεζής •	πεζού •	πεζών •	πεζών •	πεζών •
accusative	πεζό •	πεζή •	πεζό •	πεζούς •	πεζές •	πεζά •
vocative	πεζέ •	πεζή •	πεζό •	πεζοί •	πεζές •	πεζά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πεζός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πεζός, etc.)

Declension of πεζός

Derived terms

• πεζά γράμματα n pl (pezá grámmata, “small letters, lowercase”)

Noun

πεζός • (pezós) m (plural πεζοί)

1. pedestrian

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	πεζός •	πεζοί •
genitive	πεζού •	πεζών •
accusative	πεζό •	πεζούς •
vocative	πεζέ •	πεζοί •

Declension of πεζός