Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πτέρνα ‎(ptérna)

Noun

πτέρνη • ‎(ptérnē) f

1. heel
2. hoof
3. heel of a shoe
4. footstep
5. (figuratively) foot or lower part of anything
6. (Epic) ham (from Latin perna)

Inflection

References

• πτέρνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πτέρνη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «πτέρνη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «πτέρνη» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963