COMPOUND: ἱστοπέδη, -ης
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘a piece of wood set in the keel to which the mast was bound; a hole in the keel for stepping the mast’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem ἱστο- (ἱστός) ‘mast’ + noun root πεδ- (πούς) ‘foot’ + f. noun suf. -η
OCCURRENCE: Od. XII, 51, 162, 179
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: dat. f. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (complement-N) – tatpuruṣa (N-governing)
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