πούς , ποδός, pl. dat. ποσσί,
πόδεσσι, du. ποδοῖιν:
foot; said also of the ‘talons’
of birds, Od. 15.526; designating
swiftness of foot, in the race, Il.
13.325; fig., of the base of a mountain, Il. 20.59; technically, νηός, sheet, a rope fastened to
the lower corners of a sail to control it (see plate IV.), Od. 5.260, Od.
10.32.