πέδον

A. ground, earth, first in h.Cer. 455 (πέδονδε is used in Hom.) : freq. in later Poetry, Pi. O. 10.46, P. 1.28, etc. ; χθονὸς π. A. Pr. 1 ; γῆς π. Ar. Nu. 573 (lyr.) ; π. κελεύθου στρωννύναι A. Ag. 909.

2. of a particular site, esp. of sacred ground (poet. and used only in sg.), Ζηνὸς εὐθαλὲς π., of Nemea, B. 8.5 ; Κρισαῖον π. S. El. 730 ; Αλοξίου π. A. Ch. 1036 ; Παλλάδος κλεινὸν π., i.e. the Acropolis, Ar. Pl. 772 ; ἁγνὸν ἐς Θήβης π. Eub. 10, cf. 66 ; πέδον c. gen. loci periphr. for the place itself, Εὐρώπης π. A. Pr. 734 ; Λήμνου. S. Ph. 1464 (anap.), etc.

3. with a Prep., νεύειν ἐς π. Id. Ant. 441 ; πρὸς πέδῳ βαλεῖν, κεῖσθαι, A. Fr. 183, S. OT 180 (lyr.).

4. πέδῳ on the ground, to earth, h. Cer. 455 ; πεσόντος αἵματος π. A. Ch. 48 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 263 (lyr.), 479, S. El. 747 ; ῥίπτειν πέδῳ E. IA 39 (anap.), cf. Or. 1433, 1440 (both lyr.) ; πέδῳ σκήψασα A. Pr. 749 ; πέδοι shd. perh. be read for πέδῳ in Trag., as also for πέδον in the phrases πέδον πατεῖν, πέδον πατεῖσθαι, A. Ag. 1357, Ch. 643 (lyr.).