Πόδαργος

in π

COMPOUND: Πόδαργος, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+A]
MEANING: ‘Swiftfoot or Whitefoot’, a horse of Hector, also of Menelaus
ETYMOLOGY: noun root ποδ- (ποῦς, ποδός) ‘foot’ + adj. root αργ- ἀργός, -ή, -όν, ‘shining, glistening’ but also ‘swift’ (because all swift motion causes a kind of glancing or flickering light) + noun suf. -ος
OCCURRENCE: Il. VIII, 185; XXIII, 295
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. m. sg., voc. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
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