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τετρά-πους

tetrapous · ὁ

four-footed

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

τετρά-πους · tetra-pous — LSJ

four-footed, of cattle

four-footed, Hdt. 2.68, Pl. Ti. 92a; λεία τ. a booty of cattle, Plb. 4.75.7; τετράποδα ζῴδια, viz. Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.166: cf. τετράποδος.

2 quadruped, beast

τετράπουν, τό, quadruped, beast, Pl. Phdr. 250e, Arist. PA 697b23, etc.: pl., Hdt. 3.106, Ar. Nu. 659, Th. 2.50, Arist. HA 490a29, etc.; πάντα τὰ τ. καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς Act.Ap. 10.12.

II

of things, δίφρος τ. Eup. 58, POxy. 646 (ii A.D.). cf. Epich. 149.

2 of four feet

of four feet in length or area, IG 1(2).372.10, al., Pl. Men. 83b; πάχος ποήσει τὸ στρῶμα τετράπουν IG 2(2).1668.14.

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Where it came from

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