- ἀνδράποδον
- ἀνδράποδονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `prisoner of war sold as slave, slave' (Il.; on the spread of the word Kretschmer Glotta 18, 76).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: The plural ἀνδράποδα (orig. cons.stem, cf. dat. pl. ἀνδραπόδεσσι Η 475) "man-footer", from which sing. ἀνδράποδον, was created after τετράποδα `quadruped' Wackernagel KZ 30, 298, Leumann Hom. Wörter 157f. On the -α- see Bader, Rev. phil. 43 (1969) 31.Page in Frisk: 1,104-105
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.