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Greek foot
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English
Etymology 1
en grc πούς foot, qualified to distinguish it from other measures of the foot.
Noun
Greek feet
The ancient Greek, Byzantine, or early modern Greek unit of distance derived from the shod foot and roughly equivalent to the English foot unit.
Synonyms
en pous
Etymology 2
Morton's toe
From Greek artists' preference for bare feet exhibiting a second toe longer than the hallux, as opposed to the Egyptian statues which used a longer big toe.
Noun
~ Greek feet
en countable mostly art A foot with a second toe longer than the hallux.
en countable uncountable medicine Morton's toe
en Units of measure