English Explanatory Dictionary

Greek foot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ancient Greek, Byzantine, or early modern Greek unit of distance derived from the shod foot and roughly equivalent to the English foot unit.
noun
  1. A foot with a second toe longer than the hallux.
  2. Morton's toe

Word forms

Greek foot Greek feet

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), qualified to distinguish it from other measures of the foot.

Synonyms

pous
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