Ancient Greek foot (Greek: ποῦς, poûs), the ancient Greek unit of length
A foot, especially in statuary, having a second toe longer than the hallux, as in Morton's toe
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Greekfoot may refer to Ancient Greekfoot (Greek: ποῦς, poûs), the ancient Greek unit of length A foot, especially in statuary, having a second toe longer...
measurements in 12c." The word "foot" also has a musical meaning; a "...metrical foot (late Old English, translating Latin pes, Greek pous in the same sense)...
translation of the Ancient Greek πούς, pl. πόδες. The Ancient Greek prosodists, who invented this terminology, specified that a foot must have both an arsis...
The pous (pl. podes; Greek: πούς, poús) or Greekfoot (pl. feet) was a Greek unit of length. It had various subdivisions whose lengths varied by place...
recorded instances of foot fetishism occur in the erotic poems To a Barefoot Woman and To a Barefoot Boy attributed to the Ancient Greek writer Philostratus...
Foot whipping, falanga/falaka or bastinado is a method of inflicting pain and humiliation by administering a beating on the soles of a person's bare feet...
Foot Locker, Inc. is an American multinational sportswear and footwear retailer headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and operating in over...
A pyrrhic (/ˈpɪrɪk/; Greek: πυρρίχιος pyrrichios, from πυρρίχη pyrrichē) is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of two unaccented, short...
where the dominant gene causes a longer second toe ("Morton's toe" or "Greekfoot") while the homozygous recessive genotype presents with the more common...
that measured over 1 cubit, plus two rows of auxiliary stings, each a Greekfoot long. The sting was instantly fatal. The stings could be fired sideways...
of six feet (a "foot" here is the pulse, or major accent, of words in an English line of poetry; in Greek as well as in Latin a "foot" is not an accent...
Scaly foot, or knemidocoptiasis is a bird ailment that is common among caged birds and also affects many other bird species. It is caused by mites in the...
other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes...
linguistics, Aeolic Greek (/iːˈɒlɪk/), also known as Aeolian (/iːˈoʊliən/), Lesbian or Lesbic dialect, is the set of dialects of Ancient Greek spoken mainly...
Orthotics (Greek: Ορθός, romanized: ortho, lit. 'to straighten, to align') is a medical specialty that focuses on the design and application of orthoses...
hoplitodromos or hoplitodromia (Greek: ὁπλιτόδρομος, ὁπλιτοδρομία, English translation: "race of the hoplites") was an ancient foot race, part of the Olympic...
come to be known as Greek A. The Greek A is the most well-known form often used and in its full form is the longer of the two Greeks, based on at least...
hexameter line can be divided into six feet (Greek ἕξ hex = "six"). In strict dactylic hexameter, each foot would be a dactyl (a long and two short syllables...
himself Greek, so as to read the New Testament in the original. Foot was married to Eva Mackintosh, daughter of Angus Mackintosh. Eva died in 1946. Foot married...
who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French infanterie, from older Italian (also Spanish) infanteria (foot soldiers too inexperienced...