πέδη, ἡ, (πέζα)
fetter: in
plural,
shackles, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶ πέδας ἔβαλε χρυσείας, of horses, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men, τοῖς ἀδίκοις ἀμφιτίθησι πέδας [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; πεδέων ζεῦγος pair
of fetters, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν πέδαις (variant{ἐς πέδας}) δῆσαί τινα put one in
fetters, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: in
singular, of the poisoned robe of Nessus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. Ἑλληνικαί, of the fortresses of Chalcis, Corinth, and Demetrias, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2)
anklet, bangle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) of fishing-
nets, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
mode of breaking in a horse by riding him in a figure-of-eight course (compare ἱπποπέδη), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]