πεδίον

Ancient Greek

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

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

open country, field, plain, flat
metatarsus
female genitals
- the Lysistrata:
  νὴ μὰ Δία Βοιωτία, καλόν γ’ ἔχουσα τὸ πεδίον

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.

Second declension of τὸ πεδῐ́ον; τοῦ πεδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πεδῐ́ον tò pedíon	τὼ πεδῐ́ω tṑ pedíō	τᾰ̀ πεδῐ́ᾰ tà pedía
Genitive	τοῦ πεδῐ́ου toû pedíou	τοῖν πεδῐ́οιν toîn pedíoin	τῶν πεδῐ́ων tôn pedíōn
Dative	τῷ πεδῐ́ῳ tôi pedíōi	τοῖν πεδῐ́οιν toîn pedíoin	τοῖς πεδῐ́οις toîs pedíois
Accusative	τὸ πεδῐ́ον tò pedíon	τὼ πεδῐ́ω tṑ pedíō	τᾰ̀ πεδῐ́ᾰ tà pedía
Vocative	πεδῐ́ον pedíon	πεδῐ́ω pedíō	πεδῐ́ᾰ pedía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of πεδῐ́ον; πεδῐ́ου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πεδῐ́ον pedíon	πεδῐ́ω pedíō	πεδῐ́ᾰ pedía
Genitive	πεδῐ́ου / πεδῐοῖο / πεδῐ́οιο / πεδῐόο / πεδῐ́οο pedíou / pedioîo / pedíoio / pedióo / pedíoo	πεδῐ́οιῐν pedíoiin	πεδῐ́ων pedíōn
Dative	πεδῐ́ῳ pedíōi	πεδῐ́οιῐν pedíoiin	πεδῐ́οισῐ / πεδῐ́οισῐν / πεδῐ́οις pedíoisi(n) / pedíois
Accusative	πεδῐ́ον pedíon	πεδῐ́ω pedíō	πεδῐ́ᾰ pedía
Vocative	πεδῐ́ον pedíon	πεδῐ́ω pedíō	πεδῐ́ᾰ pedía
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.